Maria Raunio (26 May 1872 – 3 September 1911) was a Finnish educator and politician.

A member of the Social Democratic Party, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs.

[1] She worked as a seamstress in Keuruu and Tampere, before joining the office of the Kansan Lehti newspaper.

[2] Raunio contested the 1907 elections on the Social Democratic Party's list in East Vaasa and was one of 19 women elected to parliament.

[1] After leaving parliament, she moved to the United States, where she was an activist for workers' rights before committing suicide aged 39 in 1911.