REGINA - On Thursday, the official portrait of former Lieutenant Governor W. Thomas (Tom) Molloy was unveiled at the Legislative Assembly.
Molloy served as Saskatchewan's Lieutenant Governor from March 2018 until his death in July 2019. Prior to that, Molloy had a long and distinguished legal career, particularly as a negotiator of land treaties, and had also served as Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan.
Molloy’s portrait was painted by renowned artist Cyril Leeper over a period of several weeks in 2019 at Government House. The portrait has officially been accepted into the Legislature’s art collection and will hang downstairs in the Qu'Appelle Gallery alongside the portraits of the province’s other Lieutenant-Governors.
The ceremony at the legislature was attended by dignitaries including Premier Scott Moe and Provincial Secretary Don Morgan, and several members of Molloy’s family were on hand to witness the portrait unveiling.
Speaking to reporters, his daughter Jennifer Molloy said that to be there to celebrate and recognize the work he did "is a great honour for all of us, and so we know our dad would've been really proud of this opportunity and have all that his family and friends gather together again."
She said that they loved the portrait and were able to see their dad sit for the artist while his portrait was being painted. "The best part about it is our Dad really loved this piece and so that made us really happy."
As for what people should know about Lt. Gov. Tom Molloy when they see his portrait at the Legislature: "I think my dad at the core of the person he was, he had a lot of integrity, he had a lot of respect for other people, he had a lot of humility. And I think if there's one thing that my dad would probably want people to remember is he really enjoyed working with others, and he wanted to be a part of everyone's access into Canada. And so that would probably be the thing that he would want people to remember is we all need to work together to make this country a better place."
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