Ward Hamilton Bowlby KC (October 4, 1834[1] – January 8, 1917) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

[1] The son of Adam Bowlby and Elizabeth Sovereign, both of United Empire Loyalist descent, he was born in Townsend township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada and was educated in Simcoe, Streetsville and St. Thomas, at Upper Canada College in Toronto and at the University of Toronto.

[3] He served on the town and county councils and on the Berlin public school board.

In 1867, Bowlby was named Crown Attorney and clerk of the peace for Waterloo County.

[1] Bowlby died on January 8, 1917, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.