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Women and the vote

Page 6 – 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
144 Weir Mrs Queenstown Queenstown Otago more...
144 Wilson Mrs Jas. Opoho North Dunedin Dunedin more...
145 Allen Ellen Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Armstrong Nelly Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Barber M. A. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Bateson Mary ann Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Best Mrs Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Blackwood Mrs W. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Bolton Mrs R. Woodhaugh Woodhaugh Dunedin more...
145 Bradwell Mrs Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Burgess Mrs Mount Pleasant Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Burgess Miss Mt Plesant, Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Cardno Mrs W. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Carter Mrs Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Christian Mrs Princes St South Central Dunedin Dunedin more...
145 Craig Mrs J. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Crawford Mrs Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Daley Mary Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Dapp Emma E. Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Delargey Mrs Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Dennis Jane Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Eden Ellen Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Farrington Mrs M. Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Garvey Louisa Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Grave Louisa Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Griffiths Emma Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Hardman Ada Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Haywood Mrs J. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Hickey J. Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Higginson Mrs Alice Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Hunt Emily Jane Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Jack Mrs J. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Kydd B. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Livingston Mary Kew Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Loring Edith H. P. Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 Maxwell Lizzy Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...
145 McKenzie Margaret Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 McKinnel Elizabeth Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 McKinnel Mary J. Waikaia Waikaia Southland more...
145 Miller Mrs Caversham Caversham Dunedin more...

How to cite this page

Women's suffrage petition, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated