FIRST WOMENS
VOTE, 1893 ---WAIHEKE
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New Zealand women gained recognition of the right to vote on 19 September 1893, and exercised that right for the first time in the Parliamentary elections held on 28 November of the same year.
It was the first national election held anywhere under female suffrage. Below are the Waiheke Island women who participated in this historic election.
|
Surname |
Given names |
Location |
Occupation |
Electorate |
Number |
|
ASHWIN |
Elizabeth |
|
household duties |
Franklin |
86 |
|
ASHWIN |
Mary Margaret |
|
" |
" |
89 |
|
BECKEND |
Dora Helen |
|
" |
" |
192 |
|
BECKEND |
Margaret Elizabeth |
|
" |
" |
191 |
|
BENNETT |
Elizabeth |
|
" |
" |
S1-3318 |
|
CAREY |
Elizabeth |
|
" |
" |
464 |
|
CAREY |
Marjory |
|
" |
" |
465 |
|
CROLL |
Mary |
Arran Bay |
" |
" |
684 |
|
DAY |
Mary Ann |
|
" |
" |
744 |
|
FRASER |
Alexandrina |
|
" |
" |
S1-3493 |
|
FRASER |
Jessie |
|
" |
" |
S1-3494 |
|
FRASER |
Lena |
|
" |
" |
S1-3495 |
|
FRASER |
Mary |
|
" |
" |
S1-3496 |
|
GARVEY |
Ann |
|
" |
" |
1027 |
|
GORDON |
Jane |
|
" |
" |
1158 |
|
GRAY |
Eliezer Birch |
(f/hold 460acres Te Hurehure
Block) |
farmer |
" |
1189 |
|
JONES |
Effie |
|
household duties |
" |
1547 |
|
McLEOD |
Mary |
|
" |
" |
2183 |
|
PEGLER |
Mary Ann |
|
" |
" |
2338 |
|
POWLEY |
Frances Elizabeth |
|
" |
" |
S1-4427 |
|
ROWBOTTOM |
Isabella Lucy |
Cowes |
" |
" |
2575 |
|
ROWBOTTOM |
Mary |
Arran Bay |
" |
" |
2576
|
|
TRACE |
Isabella |
|
domestic duties |
" |
S1-3889 |