Cate Molloy

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1955)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

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| constituency_AM1 = Noosa

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 17 February 2001

| term_end1 = 9 September 2006

| predecessor1 = Bruce Davidson

| successor1 = Glen Elmes

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|5|11|df=y}}

|birth_place = East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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|nationality = Australian

|party = Independent

|otherparty = Labor

|spouse = Ivan Molloy

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Cathryn Molloy (born 11 May 1955) is an Australian former politician. She was a Labor and independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2006, representing the district of Noosa.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2053122921|accessdate= 11 February 2015}}

Molloy first entered Queensland state parliament as one of a number of newly elected Labor MPs following the party's landslide win at the 2001 state election.{{cite web | title=2001 state election: Noosa | publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland | url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=198&show=election.district.detail&id=65 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906111045/https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=198&show=election.district.detail&id=65 | archivedate=6 September 2008 | df=dmy-all }} She was subsequently re-elected at the 2004 state election.{{cite web | title=2004 state election: Noosa | publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland | url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2004/results/district65.html | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908085513/https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2004/results/district65.html | archivedate=8 September 2008 | df=dmy-all }}

In 2006, Molloy publicly opposed her party's policy to build a dam on the Mary River.{{cite news | title=Labor MP 'set to cross floor' on Mary River dam | publisher=ABC | date=8 June 2006 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/08/1658895.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123112125/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/08/1658895.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=23 November 2007}} This stance resulted in her disendorsement as a Labor Party candidate in June 2006.{{cite news | title=Labor MP disendorsed over dam stance | publisher=ABC | date=11 June 2006 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/11/1660393.htm| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231121751/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/11/1660393.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=31 December 2012}} She continued to sit as a Labor MP before quitting the party in August 2006.{{cite news | title=Molloy quits Labor Party | publisher=ABC | date=21 August 2006 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/08/21/1719818.htm| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231051415/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/08/21/1719818.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=31 December 2012}} Thereafter, Molloy sat out the remainder of her term as an independent before being defeated at the 2006 state election.{{cite web | title=2006 state election: Noosa | publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland | url=http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2006/results/district65.html | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908061442/https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2006/results/district65.html | archivedate=8 September 2008 | df=dmy-all }} The following year, Molloy unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Wide Bay, also in an independent capacity.{{cite web | title=2007 federal election: Wide Bay | publisher=Australian Electoral Commission | url=http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-178.htm}} In the 2009 state election, she unsuccessfully re-contested Noosa.

Molloy was born in East Melbourne, Victoria. She was married to Ivan Molloy,{{cite news | title=MP's husband supports decision to 'cross floor' over dam | publisher=ABC | date=9 June 2006 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/09/1659162.htm| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231053808/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/09/1659162.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=31 December 2012}} who was the endorsed Labor candidate for Fairfax at the 2004 federal election.{{cite web | title=2004 federal election: Fairfax | publisher=Australian Electoral Commission | url=http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-12246-160.htm}}