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
82	Moen	Mrs	Waitahuna Gully	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Paaskeson	M.	Waitahuna	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Pelling	Mrs R.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Pilling	Mrs T.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Ralston	A.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Ralston	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Ralston	J. G.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Redman	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Riddall	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Shury	Rachel Ann	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Sinclair	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Smyth	Mrs	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Stiven	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Sutherland	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Sutherland	Mrs W.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Symes	M.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Thomas	M. W.	Lawrence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Trubshaw	Mrs	Paddy's Point	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
82	Tyler	Mrs	Laurence	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Tyndall	F.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Uren	Mrs M. J.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Uren	Mrs J. P.	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Weatherall	Mrs	Blue Spur	Blue Spur	Otago	more...
82	Whelan	Mrs M.	Weatherstones	Lawrence	Otago	more...
82	Wilde	Mrs	Waitahuna Gully	Waitahuna	Otago	more...
83	Abrim	Mary	Harbor Terrace	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Andersen	Mrs	St David St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Bartlett	Mary	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Beal	Rebecca	St David Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Brookes	Annie	Clyde Avenue	Mornington	Dunedin	more...
83	Brownell	Jessy	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Canning	Ellen	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more...
83	Conway	Mary	Clyde Avenue	Mornington	Dunedin	more...
83	Cromar	Anna	St David Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Davies	Mrs	Dundas Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Dicker	M. K.	Eden St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Dix	Catherine	Forth St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Dyer	Jessie	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Fairbairn	Anette	St David Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
83	Flint	M. D.	Castle Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	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.