November 28th 1893: Women first vote in New Zealand
On this day in 1893 in the New Zealand general election, women voted for the first time in a national election. Women’s suffrage had passed that September following a campaign inspired by British and American activists. The election saw 75.3% turnout and elected members to the New Zealand Parliament and saw the election of the first woman mayor in the British Empire (Elizabeth Yates of Onehunga). The Liberal Party won and Richard Seddon became Prime Minister. New Zealand thus became the first nation with universal suffrage, as Māori women were also granted the vote. Women did not gain the right to stand for New Zealand Parliament until 1919.
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