Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)

Lawyer, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (1965-1970).

He was born in Winnipeg on 16 November 1912, son of dentist Manley Searle Bowles (1875-?) and Florence Mae Spink (1884-?), grandson of Samuel Spink. He was educated at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Law School, he practiced law from 1937 to 1965, establishing his own law firm in 1940. He was the first President of the Home and School Association in 1952, a member of the Winnipeg Board of Parks and Recreation from 1953 to 1957, President of the Manitoba Bar Association in 1961 and of the Law Society of Manitoba from 1964 to 1965. He received an honorary degree from the University of Manitoba (1968), the Manitoba Centennial Medal from the Manitoba Historical Society (1970), and a Good Citizenship Award (1971). He returned to private law practice following his term of office as Lieutenant-Governor, serving also as Chancellor of the University of Manitoba from 1974 to 1977.

Bowles died in Winnipeg on 9 July 1988.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Adams George Archibald, First Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 25, 1968-69 Season

Profile revised: 24 January 2010

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