Charles Bellringer

Charles Emanuel Bellringer (1864–1944) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament, serving one three-year term. He unsuccessfully stood in general elections five times, the first three of those for the Liberal Party. He lived his whole life in New Plymouth and was involved with many organisations, most notably as chairman of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, as a prohibitionist, and one of the co-founders of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. He took over his father's company and was its executive director.