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
90	Graham	A.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Graham	M.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Harris	Mrs	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Harris	S.	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Harvey	M. P.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Henry	Mrs	Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Henry	C.	Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Hoare	Ena	Melville Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Iles	A.	Upper Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Johnson	Laura E.	Upper Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Jolly	M.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Jolly	J.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Lambert	M.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Loring	A.	Melville Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Macpherson	M.	Cannongate Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Matthews	Louisa	Stafford St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McBeath	F.	Montecello	Mornington	Dunedin	more...
90	McCance	J.	Stafford	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McDonald	Mrs A.	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McDonald	J.	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McGeorge	J.	Maitland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McGeorge	Mrs	Maitland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McLeod	Barbara	Upper Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	McNee	Catherine	Melville Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Monson	J.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Moore	Eliza	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Morgan	M. A.	Upper Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Paton	M. G.	Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Patterson	Mrs	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Pigott	A.	Upper Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Ready	F.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Rintoul	Mrs Alex	Melville Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Robinson	F.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Rollo	B.	Stafford Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Sanders	B.	Maitland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Sanders	A. M.	Maitland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Shanks	Mrs	Walker Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Shrimpton	F. E.	Upper Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Smith	Mary Ann	Walker St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
90	Spiers	M.	Stafford Avenue	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.