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	Russell	Faith	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Searle	Margaret	Bradshaw Street	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Shacklock	A.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Simpson	Emma	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Smith	Mary	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Smith	Elizabeth	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Stokes	Florence	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Sullivan	Margaret	Bradshaw Street	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Thompson	Agnes	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Thorne	Jane	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Watling	Alice S.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	White	Hellen	Cargill Rd S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Williams	Edna	S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Williams	Annie	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Williams	Mary	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Wilson	Margaret	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Wilson	Maryann	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Woods	A	Bathgate St S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
36	Woods	Mary	Bathgate St S. Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Beven	Mrs	McClaggan St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Biggs	R.	Russell St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Bustrie	Mrs J.	Cargill Rd	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Callon	Emma	Ravensdowne	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Calverley	Mrs C.	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…
37	Churchill	Ann	Maitland St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Clark	M.	Nelson St	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Cooke	M.	Duncan St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Cooke	Jane	Maori Hill	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Crawford	Jessie	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Cuttle	Anne	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…
37	Davies	Elizabeth	Maitland St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Dobbie	M.	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
37	Donaldson	Marie	South St	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Dow	Mrs	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Dray	Lizzie	Forth St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Duncan	Mrs	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…
37	Ferguson	E.	Leith Avonside	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Forbes	M.	N. E. Valley	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
37	Glasson	B.	Dunedin	No suburb given	Dunedin	more…
37	Gould	Mrs M. E.	Albany St	Central 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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