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
36	Austin	Bella	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Bain	Jane	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Brown	Catherine	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Burnett	Ellen	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Daniels	Annie C.	North Dunedin	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Davie	Agnes	Bradshaw S.D.	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Davison	M. E.	Bradshaw St S.D.	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Dove	Jane	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Early	M. Bridget	Osmond St S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Elliott	Frances	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Gettings	C.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Grainger	Mrs Ellen	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Green	Susanna	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Holmes	J.	Osmond Street	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Hopkinson	Isobel	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Hudson	Sousie C.	Bradshaw St S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Irvine	Ursula	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	James	Elizabeth	Osmond Street	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Jarvie	Janet	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Kennedy	Isabella	Bradshaw St S.D.	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Lamb	Thurza	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Laurenson	Grace	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Lock	Maria	Prince Ed Rd S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Mattingly	Amy	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Mattingly	Mary	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	McHutchon	Martha	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	McKenzie	Sarah	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Miscall	Annie	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Miscall	Susan	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Miscall	Ellen	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Murray	Mary	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Nicholson	Minnie	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Passmore	Mrs Jane	Bradshaw St S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Passmore	Mary L.	Bradshaw S.D.	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Passmore	Martha	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Perry	J. M.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Poulter	Amy	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Rainsford	B. M.	Osmond Street	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Reeves	Elizabeth	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Renfrew	Elizabeth	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	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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