Women's suffrage petition

This database is a digitised version of the main suffrage petition submitted to Parliament in 1893. The name and address fields represent what appeared on the original sheets. The Suburb/Town and City/Region fields have been added to provide consistent information about the signatories’ location. The 'more' link goes to a page where extra information can be added. Members of the public are encouraged to submit further information via community contributions or you can email us at [email protected]. Please refer to this guide for writing a suffrage petition biography from Archives New Zealand. Updates: each sheet number reference now links to a digital copy of the original sheet. Also, each entry with additional biographical information now displays as bold text.

Sheet No	Surname	First Names	Given address	Town/Suburb	City/Region
32	Macdonald	A.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Hodges	Mrs	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Parsons	Mary	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Thompson	Mrs	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Naumann	Jessie	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Tombe	A.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Campbell	Mrs J.	St Clair	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Naumann	Jullie	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Hanley	Miss C.	Leithfield	Leithfield	Canterbury	more…
32	Scott	J.	Main Road	Kensington	Dunedin	more…
32	Wright	Mrs	Kensington	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	McLachlan	Christina	St Clair	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Jenkins	E.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Newson	Mrs	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Wedderspoon	E.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Jenkins	E. F.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Seator	Barbara	Macandrew Road	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Hooper	Elizabeth	St Clair	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Clarke	Mrs	Main Road	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	McBeath	Mrs	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Aitken	Mrs Thomas	Kensington	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Craig	Martha	Melville St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Jenkins	E. M.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Webb	Fanny	St Clair	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Whyte	Mrs John	Kensington	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Hannigan	Nora	St Clair	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Hooper	Maude M.	St Clair	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Black	K.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Louttet	J.	Melville St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Given	I. M.	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…
32	Cossens	M.	S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Holmes	Prissciller	Forbury Road	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Cole	Jane	Jane Cole	Kensington	Dunedin	more…
32	Stewart	Miss	Reid Street	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Pearson	E. C.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Kirkwood	Agnes	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Wilson	Mrs	Main Road	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Gilcristone	Mrs	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Naumann	Mrs	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Bennet	Christina	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…

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Note that some places are under-represented on this database as women may have signed smaller regional petitions which have not survived. Read more about the petitions here. On the table 'suburb' and 'city' refer to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin only - all other places are listed as towns and regions.

We are grateful to Archives New Zealand and the Ministry of Women for making the original petition transcripts available to us. Update (4 Dec 2013): each sheet number reference now links to a digital copy (pdf) of the original sheet. These sheets have recently been redigitised by Archives New Zealand.

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