Thomas Garfit
British politician
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| Intro | British politician | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Death | 29 May 1883 |
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Thomas Garfit (1815 – 29 May 1883) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) 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.