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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
5 Cockburn Agnes Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Cuthbertson Agnes Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Dafter Ellen Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Eglinton Clara Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Gardiner Ellen E. K. Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Good Jane Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Hart Elizabeth Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Hight Louisa Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Hoffmann Elizabeth Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Low Mary Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Marsh Mary A. Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 May Rosa Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 McIntyre Sarah Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Pearce Charlotte Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Phillips Janet Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Phillips Maud Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Risk Margaret Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Tompkins Margt. Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Toomath Alice J. Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Verry Annie Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Verry Amelia Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
5 Wright E. M. Sanson Sanson Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
6 Blomquist Carolina Carterton Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Boys Elizabeth Clareville Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Chester Henrietta Carterton Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Duncan Mary Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Duncan Annie Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Fisher Barbara Carterton Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Grant Margret Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Grant Jessie Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Holms Elizabeth Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Hughan Beatrice Taratahi East Taratahi East Wairarapa more...
6 Johnson Ingrid Carterton Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Lavsky P Greytown N. Greytown Wairarapa more...
6 McLeod (X) Barbara Carterton (her mark) Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Miller Athelia Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Miller Mary Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Oliver Eliza Gladstone Gladstone Wairarapa more...
6 Olsson Gerda Carterton Carterton Wairarapa more...
6 Robinson Annie Carterton Carterton Wairarapa 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