Louis-Joseph Moll Explained

Louis-Joseph Moll
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Berthier
Successor:Louis Sylvestre
Term Start:1867
Term End:1871
Birth Date:24 August 1816
Birth Place:Notre-Dame de Montréal, Lower Canada
Death Place:Berthier, Quebec
Party:Conservative
Relations:Joseph Bondy, dit Douaire, father-in-law
Eugène Lafontaine, son-in-law
Alma Mater:Collège de Montréal
University of Pennsylvania

Louis-Joseph Moll (August 24, 1816  - August 5, 1872) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871 as a Conservative.

He was born in Notre-Dame de Montréal, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Marie Moll and Catherine-Louise Finchley, and was educated at the Collège de Montréal and the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1841, he married Marie-Joséphine-Valérie, the daughter of Joseph Bondy, dit Douaire. He returned to Quebec in 1845 and entered the practice of medicine at Berthier. Moll was a Justice of the peace and a commissioner for the trial of small causes. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1871. Moll died in Berthier at the age of 55.

His daughter Elmire married Eugène Lafontaine.