James (Stoppy) Stopford (22 July 1878 – 30 November 1936) was an Australian miner, union organiser and Labor politician from Mount Morgan, Queensland.

[1][4][5] At the 1932 state election, the seat of Mount Morgan was abolished and absorbed into Fitzroy, so Stopford decided to contest Maryborough against the sitting member John Blackley of the Country and Progressive National Party.

Stopford was admitted to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital on 16 September 1936 with a serious condition described as "blood pressure" at the time but later as a "severe haemorrhage".

[10] Although he briefly attended Parliament and a Cabinet meeting, he remained too ill to undertake his regular duties and went to Southport for further recuperation.

[11] On 30 November 1936, he suffered further haemorrhaging at Southport and was rushed by ambulance to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Brisbane, where he died later that day.