David E. Bowles (born August 30, 1944) is an American politician from Maine. Bowles, a Republican from Sanford, served four terms (1998–2006) in the Maine House of Representatives. He served two of those terms in leadership as Assistant Minority Leader (2003–2004) and as Minority Leader (2005–2006). Bowles was born in Rochester, New York and settled in Sanford, Maine. He attended Washington and Lee University for one year and the University of Southern Maine for five years. He also served in the United States Marine Corps from 1964 to 1968.