Paul Klopp
| Paul Klopp | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Riddell |
| Succeeded by | Helen Johns |
| Constituency | Huron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 14, 1957 |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Sweeney |
| Residence | Bluewater, Ontario |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Paul Klopp (born January 14, 1957) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the central Ontario riding of Huron. He served as deputy mayor of Bluewater, Ontario from 2001 to 2006 and again from 2010.
Klopp was born in Bluewater, Ontario. He graduated from Centralia College with a diploma in Agricultural Business Management. He married Heather Sweeney in 1963 and they purchased a nearby farm. He served as president of the Zurich Agricultural Society and the Huron County Federation of Agriculture, and was a municipal councillor in Hay Township.
He ran for the Ontario Legislature in the provincial election of 1985, but finished third against Liberal Jack Riddell in the riding of Huron—Middlesex. He ran again in the provincial election of 1987 in the redistributed riding of Huron, and again finished third against Riddell.
The NDP won a majority government in the provincial election of 1990, and Klopp defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Ken Campbell by 954 votes in Huron. He served as parliamentary assistant to Agriculture Minister Elmer Buchanan from 1990 to 1995, the entirety of the Rae government's tenure in office. In early 1994, he announced that Huron and Perth Counties would receive almost two million dollars in jobsOntario grants.
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