Ernest Gardner was a British

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 politician

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. He was a Conservative Party

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1901 to 1922.

Garnder was first elected to Parliament

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 on 12 July 1901 in a by-election in the constituency of Wokingham

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 following the resignation

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 of Oliver Young

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. He remained the seat's MP until it was abolished for the 1918 general election

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, when he became the MP for Windsor

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. He retired from Parliament at the 1922 general election

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. He lived at 'Spencers' at Maidenhead

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 in Berkshire

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