Councillor William Bellamy was elected to the New Brighton Borough Council in 1900. He is a native of Canterbury. His parents arrived in New Zealand in 1859, and resided in Poverty Bay at the time of the Te Kooti massacres. Mr. Bellamy was brought up to the trade of a coachbuilder, and he holds a position with Messrs Boon and Co., of Lower High Street, Christchurch.
