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Thomas Garfit
Thomas
Garfit
was a
British Conservative Party
politician
.
He was elected as a
Member of Parliament
for the
borough of Boston
in
Lincolnshire
at an
unopposed
by-election
in
August
1878
, after the resignation of the
Conservative MP
John Wingfield Malcolm
. Garfit was re-elected at the
1880 general election
, but an
election petition
was
lodged
against the result, and the
election
was
declared
void on
3 August
1880
. The
writ
was suspended, and a
royal commission
was
established
to
investigate
elections in the
borough
.