The former clerk to Braddan Commissioners Charles ‘Buster’ Lewin has been declared bankrupt.
A bankruptcy order against Mr Lewin was made in his absence in the high court following his failed attempt to seek damages for unfair dismissal.
The commissioners had been awarded costs of more than £300,000 and had sought the bankruptcy order when he failed to pay.
Mr Lewin, of Ballavitchell Road, Crosby, was sentenced in 2012 to three-and-a-half years in jail for his part in trying to rig a House of Keys by-election in 2010.
During that campaign, he was the campaign manager for television chef Kevin Woodford.
He admitted charges of conspiring dishonestly to secure proxy votes for Mr Woodford, conspiring to steal and conspiring to forge a document.
Previously, he had been employed as clerk to Braddan Commissioners from 1990 until he was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2007. He had been earning £85,000 a year there.
He took the case to tribunal but proceedings were dropped at the 11th hour with both parties agreeing to a consent order confirming that he was unfairly dismissed.
He went on to seek £1.35m damages for loss of earnings and pension.
But the case was struck out by Deemster Christie in the high court in January last year.
Then, in September, Mr Lewin lost his appeal against that high court decision.
Mr Lewin did not appear at the bankruptcy hearing for reasons of ill health.
Craig Mitchell, of Brown Craine and Co, has been appointed trustee. He is to write to all creditors inviting them to supply proof of debt.