Career
He represented Wellington South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1900 as a Conservative. He was born in New Germany, Waterloo County, Canada West, the son of German immigrants. Kloepfer sold hardware for carriages.
Kloepfer ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1900 and 1904.
Kloepfer was a director of the Traders Bank of Canada. He died in Guelph at the age of 65.