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	Louttet	J.	Melville St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Smyth	B.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Strang	Mrs	Rose St	Roslyn	Dunedin	more…
32	Holmes	Prissciller	Forbury Road	St Clair	Dunedin	more…
32	Clarke	Mrs	Main Road	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Aitken	Mrs Thomas	Kensington	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Craig	Martha	Melville St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Tidey	R.	Maitland St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Ryan	C.	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Kirkwood	Agnes	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Tidey	J. A.	Maitland St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Cossens	M.	S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Parsons	Mary	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Thompson	Mrs	Gordon Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Black	K.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Tombe	A.	Maitland St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
32	Given	I. M.	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…
33	Whyte	Mrs John	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Beattie	Susan	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Patterson	Mrs	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Black	Mrs	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Waugh	Mrs	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Freeman	Mrs	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Hughes	M.	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Sims	M.	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Hall	Ellen	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Hercus	M. A.	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Freeman	E.	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Sims	Mrs J. J.	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Jury	Mrs	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Grainger	Mrs	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Race	Mrs	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Freeman	Miss M.	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Inglis	Annie	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Wright	Mrs	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Johnstone	Mrs	North East Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
33	Morris	Ann	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Grainger	M.	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Farquhar	Mrs	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	more…
33	Inglis	Margaret S. M.	Peninsula	Otago peninsula	Otago	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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