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
30	Waghorn	J.	Castle Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Wilson	I.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Aburn	Miss Kate M.	Leith Street Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Aitken	Mrs J.	Southern Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Everson	Mrs C.	Castle Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Buchanan	Miss R.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Christie	Mrs	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Aburn	Miss Henrietta C.	Leith Street Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Thomson	Mrs J.	Leith Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Berry	Mrs H.	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	Burgess (Snr)	Mrs	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	Smellie	Eliza Agnes	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	Gordon	Hannah	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Montague	Mrs T.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Goodlet	Mrs	Grange Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Matthewson	Mrs J	Leith St Dunedin	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Jay	Mrs C.	Leith Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Jones	Miss K.	Hanover Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Duglan	Mrs D.	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	McAskill	Christina	Leith Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	McGregor	Elizabeth	south Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Frew	M.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Steele	Mrs L.	Leith Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Thompson	Mrs J.	Camilla Place	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Turnbull	Elizabeth	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	McCahan	Cathern	Burnside	Burnside	Dunedin	more…
30	Pearce	V. M.	Abbortsford	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	Turnbull	Jessie	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Sarney	Louie	Cumberland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Morrison	B.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Williamson	Jane	Cumberland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Burgess	G.	Green Island	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	Sarney	H. M.	Cumberland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Wright	S. M.	Abbortsford	Green Island	Dunedin	more…
30	Wootton	Mrs	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Knox	M.	King Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	McRae	Mrs J.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Coxon	Mrs G.	South Dunedin	South Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	Sarney	Dorothea A.	Cumberland Street	Central Dunedin	Dunedin	more…
30	McGee	Mrs Hannah	Green Island X	Green Island	Dunedin	more…

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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.

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