Richard Spink Bowles (November 16, 1912 – July 9, 1988) was a Canadian lawyer and office holder in Manitoba, Canada.
Bowles might have been entrusted with determining Manitoba's government after the inclusive 1969 election, but the defection of Liberal MLA Laurent Desjardins to the New Democratic Party made this unnecessary.
In 1972, Bowles campaigned for the federal House of Commons as a Liberal, in the rural riding of Lisgar.
Due to the prestige of his former office, there was widespread speculation that he would be appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau if elected.
As it happened, however, he lost to Progressive Conservative Jack Murta by 12,784 votes, obtaining only 4,469 to Murtha's 17,253.