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
59	Bennet	Isabella	Leith Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Borrie	Mrs Jane	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Borrie	E.	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Breen	E.	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Campbell	Mrs	Athol Place	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Coats	Helen	Albany Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Daly	Mary	Vire Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Davys	E.	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Dawson	Martha	Forth St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Dick	E. E.	Queen St	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	East	M. A.	Frederick St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Elliott	Mrs	Frederick St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Ferguson	Marjory	Frederick	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Flanagan	Mrs	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Fogerty	Mrs P.	Athol Place	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Forysth	Mrs	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Gadsby	A.	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Gadsby	B.	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Gibb	Mrs E. J.	Forth Street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Hall	Martha	Frederick St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Hanson	Mrs	Vire St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Jones	M. M.	Frederick St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Kelly	Mrs L.	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Kelly	Miss M.	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Kelly	Miss M.	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Latimer	L.	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Livingston	Miss	Hanover St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Lochhead	Marion	Athol Place	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Manson	Ann	Frederick St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Matheson	Mrs	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McCarthy	M.	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McFarlane	Mrs	Cargil Road	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McFarlane	Mrs	Grange St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McMillan	Miss	Vire Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McMillan	Mrs	Forth street	North Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McMillan	Mrs	Vire Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	McPherson	Mrs	Frederick Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Mills	Mrs	Leith St	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Munn	Jeanie	Roslyn	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more...
59	Rennet	Mrs	Frederick St	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.