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{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (1983–2022)}}
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{{Infobox
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| name = Christopher Stalford
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| office = [[Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly#Principal Deputy Speaker|Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly]]
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| term_end = 20 February 2022
| predecessor = [[Catríona Ruane]]
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| constituency_AM1 = [[Belfast South (Assembly constituency)|Belfast South]]
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Stalford died suddenly on 19 February 2022, at the age of 39.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kearney|first=Vincent|date=20 February 2022|title=Tributes paid after death of DUP's Christopher Stalford|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2022/0220/1281951-christopher-stalford-dup/|website=RTÉ News|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Quinn|first=Ben|date=20 February 2022|title=Tributes paid to DUP politician Christopher Stalford, who has died at 39|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/20/tributes-paid-to-dup-politician-christopher-stalford-who-has-died-at-39|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> While Stalford was described as "unionist to the core", his funeral was attended by a range of political parties including [[Sinn Féin]] colleagues [[John O'Dowd]] and [[Deirdre Hargey]], SDLP MP [[Claire Hanna]] and Alliance Party leader [[Naomi Long]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Mark |date=26 February 2022 |title=Christopher Stalford: DUP MLA was 'humble, loving and kind' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-60535927 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Clinton |first1=Jane |date=26 February 2022 |title=Funeral of DUP’s Christopher Stalford attended by all main parties |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/26/funeral-of-dups-christopher-stalford-attended-by-all-main-parties |website=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
When [[Edwin Poots]] was elected to Stalford's former constituency of [[Belfast South (Assembly constituency)|Belfast South]]
==References==
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{{succession box | title=[[Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast]] | before=Tierna Cunningham| after= [[Máire Hendron]]| years= 2013–2014}}
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