1893 Suffrage petition database

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
81	Whyte	Jane	Mosgiel	Mosgiel	Otago	more...
81	Williamson	E.	N. Taieri	Taieri	Otago	more...
81	Wray	Jane	Mosgiel	Mosgiel	Otago	more...
82	Adams	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Aitken	First name not given	Waitahuna	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Anderson	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Arnold	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Black	Mrs G.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Blaikie	Mrs W.	Waitahuna	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Bloy	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Bobsien	Mary	Waitahuna Gully	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Bruce	Mrs	Laurance	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Brydie	Euphemia	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Brydie	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Cook	Mrs M.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Couper	Mrs J.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Crisp	Mrs J.	Laurence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Davidson	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Dunnett	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Gibson	Mrs L.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Girvan	Mrs J.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Henderson	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Hill	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Hore	Mrs S.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Jackson	Elizabeth	Waitahuna	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Jackson	Mrs	Waitahuna	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Jackson	Mrs W.	Mt Stuart	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Johns	Mrs E.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Johnston	Mrs D.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Kemp	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Kerr	E.	Laurence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Martin	Mrs	Laurence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	McCormack	Mrs A.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	McFarlane	Mrs Isaac	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	McKay	Mrs R.	Weatherstones	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	McKeich	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	McTaggart	Mrs	Waitahuna	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Miller	Mrs M.	Laurence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Mills	Mrs E.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Mitchell	Mrs J. Q.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...

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.