Paul Klopp

Paul Klopp (born 1957) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.

Klopp holds a diploma in Agricultural Business Management, and worked as a farmer before entering political life. 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 first ran for the Ontario Legislature in the provincial election of 1985, but finished a distant 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 unexpectedly won a majority government in the provincial election of 1990, and Klopp defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Ken Campbell (not to be confused with the former Social Credit leader) 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 1995, he announced that Huron and Perth Counties would receive almost two million dollars in jobsOntario grants.

The NDP were defeated in the provincial election of 1995, and Klopp finished third in Huron against Progressive Conservative Helen Johns. He returned to municipal politics after his defeat, and was Deputy Mayor of Hay County until 2003. In 2003, he was once again elected a member of the Huron County Council and became Deputy Mayor of Bluewater.

Paul has been an active member on many committees in his community. Aa member of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture, he has been: Past President Huron County Federation of Agriculture, Past Regional Director, and Presently Director at Large and Chair of Finance Committee.

In his local community, Klopp has been, the Past President and current Board Member of Zurich Agricultural Society, Board Member of Huron County Pork Producers, Committee Member of Ontario Soybean Growers’ Marketing Board (District 8), Supporter of local Hockey and Skating Clubs and other Community Events, Board Member Hay Communications Cooperative Ltd.

In early 2005, he participated in a protest of rural interest groups at Queen's Park against the government of Dalton McGuinty.

Concerns for Klopp are the economic health of Rural Ontario: An economically viable farm community will mean economic success for the rest of the rural community. Paul is working to create financial tools to give Huron and Bruce County farmers what they need to re-establish their position in the Economic Health of Rural Ontario.

A top priority for the rural politician is ensuring the environmental health of Rural Ontario: In order for future generations to live in Rural areas, we need to take care of the water, soil and air today. Paul has demonstrated his concern for this in the past in recycling, water quality initiatives, and by completing an environmental farm plan on his own farm.