Bernard Leslie Sparkes[1] (born October 15, 1940) is a former world champion curler.

Sparkes's first major curling championship success came when he won the 1957 Alberta Schoolboys.

[2] He would later go on to win 4 Alberta (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) championships and 3 Canadian Brier and World Championships (1966, 1968, 1969)[2] He was voted all star second at 4 consecutive Briers as the second for the Ron Northcott team.

One of his most famous paintings is a chair in a lawn, surrounded by bouquets and flowers.

He was an avid baseball player in his youth, and was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers organization.