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Women and the vote

Page 6 – 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
518 Lawrence Mrs Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Linton Dorathea Augusta Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Linton Barbara Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Lukischften Mrs R. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Mair Mrs A. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Managh Mrs A. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Meyrick Amelia Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Palensky Miss Cid Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Pulford Mrs Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Quarrie Ada Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Quarrie Mrs J. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Quarrie Harriett Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Schmidt E. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Schmidt Mrs Fanny Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Simpson Florence E. Willoughby St Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Staffan Mary Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Tompkins Mrs Lilian Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Tonks Mrs M. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Townsend Mrs L. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Tyter Mrs E. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Wallace Mrs A. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 White Lottie Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Williams Mrs W. M. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Williams Mrs Is Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
518 Woodhead Mrs I. Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
519 Blaymires Rose Opunaki Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Burgess Ann Opunaki Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Dingle Annie Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Frethey E. Maude Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Frethey Alice J. Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Gibson Martha Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Gibson Barbara Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Grainger Martha Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Grainger Alice Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Hay Cecilia Opunaki Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Hellard Jane T. Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Higgins Mary Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Jacobs Maria Opunake Opunake Taranaki more...
519 Linton Augusta Elizabeth Halcombe Halcombe Manawatu / Horowhenua more...
519 Mackie Emilie Opunaki Opunake Taranaki more...

How to cite this page

Women's suffrage petition, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated