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[[Image:JamesKlock23.jpg|thumb|right|James Bell Klock]]<br />
'''James Bell Klock''' (October 5, 1856&nbsp;&ndash; June 14, 1927) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician. He represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Nipissing (electoral district)|Nipissing]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1896 to 1900. He was a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative Party]].<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4490|nolist=yes}}</ref><br />
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Klock was born in [[Aylmer, Quebec|Aylmer, Canada East]],<ref name="parl"/> the son of Robert H. Klock, an early lumberman in the [[Ottawa Valley]], and was educated in Aylmer and [[Berthier, Quebec|Berthier]]. Before entering politics, he was a farmer. In 1883, Klock married Alice, daughter of judge [[William McDougall (Quebec politician)|William McDougall]]. He was involved in the timber trade and also raised livestock.<ref name="gemmill">{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32962/166 |pages=150-151 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1897 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}</ref> Klock took over the lumber company established by his father at Klock's Mills south of [[Mattawa, Ontario|Mattawa]].<ref>[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4269 ''Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa and the Humors of the Valley'', A Gard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104454/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4269 |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> He was also a director of the Crystal Gold Mining Company and president of the Quinze Electric Power Company.<ref name="gemmill"/> Klock served as reeve of [[Papineau-Cameron, Ontario|Cameron Township]].<ref name="parl"/> He later married a Miss Patterson. He died in [[Preston, Ontario]] at the age of 70.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/308 |page=308 |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967 |editor-first=J.K. |editor-last=Johnson |location=Ottawa |publisher=Public Archives Canada |date=1968 |url-access=registration}}</ref><br />
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