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Christopher Stalford MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast South
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2016
Preceded by	Michael McGimpsey
Personal details
Born	(1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 36)[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s)	Laura Stalford
Children	4
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast
Occupation	Politician
Website	Profile, mydup.com; accessed 4 March 2017

Christopher Stalford (born 17 January 1983) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland. He has been an MLA for South Belfast since the 2016 election.

Stalford was born in south Belfast and studied at Wellington College Belfast and Queen's University Belfast.^[2] At the 2005 local elections, he was elected to Belfast City Council, representing the Laganbank area^[3]

At the 2014 local elections, Laganbank was abolished and he was re-elected for the Balmoral area.^[4]

Stalford served as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2010. Aged only 27, the Belfast Telegraph described him as the youngest ever High Sheriff of the city.^[1] He was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor for the 2013–14 term.^[5]

In 2008 he was selected as the chairman of the Belfast District Policing Partnership.^[6]

At the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, he was one of two DUP candidates elected in South Belfast.^[7]

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab Youngest High Sheriff is sworn in at Belfast City Hall, Belfast Telegraph, 19 January 2010^{[dead link]}
   


2. 
   ^ Who we are, mydup.com, accessed 9 May 2016
   


3. 
   ^ Belfast city council elections, ark.ac.uk, accessed 9 May 2016
   


4. 
   ^ "Fly-tipping fine notices appear at loyalist bonfire in Belfast", The Irish News, 26 April 2016
   


5. 
   ^ Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Christopher Stalford told of threat, BBC News, 29 November 2013
   


6. 
   ^ Stalford gets Belfast DPP chairman post, belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 8 October 2008.
   


7. 
   ^ Ruth Patterson to quit politics after disappointing South Belfast Assembly election result, Belfast Telegraph, 8 May 2016.
   

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Michael McGimpsey	MLA for Belfast South 2016–present	Incumbent
Civic offices
Preceded by Frank McCoubrey	High Sheriff of Belfast 2010	Succeeded by Ian Adamson
Preceded by Tierna Cunningham	Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast 2013–2014	Succeeded by Maire Hendron

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