Charles Moore Bowden (1886 – 10 July 1972) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Bowden was born in Dunedin in 1886, son of John and agnes Sophia Moore.

[5] In 1955, Bowden was granted the use of the title of "Honourable" for life, having served more than three years as a member of the Executive Council.

[6] In May 1955 he was appointed chairman of the Ross Sea Committee to organise New Zealand participation in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Bowden Glacier lying on the southeast flank of Salient Ridge that flows northeast to Blue Glacier, Victoria Land, was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994 for Bowden during Sir Edmund Hillary's South Pole Expedition, part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957.