Thomas Garfit

Thomas Garfit (1815 – 29 May 1883)^[1] 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,^[2] after the resignation of the Conservative MP John Wingfield Malcolm.^[3] Garfit was re-elected at the 1880 general election,^[4] but an election petition was lodged against the result, and the election was declared void on 3 August 1880.^[1] The writ was suspended, and a royal commission was established to investigate elections in the borough.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 56. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ "No. 24613". The London Gazette. 13 August 1878. p. 4581.
^ "No. 24829". The London Gazette. 2 April 1880. p. 2359.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Wingfield Malcolm William James Ingram	Member of Parliament for Boston – 1880 With: William James Ingram	Representation suspended

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