New Zealand
House of Representatives
Historical data on women
Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1886
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
Local
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
All men except for Maori were granted the right to vote in 1852 with the Constitution Act
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1893
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
All men except for Maori were granted the right to vote in 1852 with the Constitution Act; In 1886 women were granted the right to vote in local elections.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1919
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1933
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2005