| Election Name: | 1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Flag Year: | 1908 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 1928 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1928 |
| Next Election: | 1932 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1932 |
| Image1: | Joseph_Buell_Ely.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Joseph B. Ely |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 606,902 |
| Percentage1: | 49.54% |
| Nominee2: | Frank G. Allen |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 590,238 |
| Percentage2: | 48.18% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Frank G. Allen |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Joseph B. Ely |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930.
Incumbent Republican governor Frank G. Allen was defeated by Democrat Joseph B. Ely. This election marked the beginning of a new era for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, starting a string of eight consecutive years of Democratic governors, a streak later surpassed from 1974 until 1986.
The Democratic primary featured a rematch of the 1922 primary between Joseph Ely and John Fitzgerald.This time, Ely won with 54.7% of the vote.
Fitzgerald was forced to withdraw late in the race due to illness, though his name remained on the ballot, and James Michael Curley encouraged a vote for Fitzgerald against the "anti-Irish" Ely.[1] Ely had previously lost the nomination for lieutenant governor in 1926 to another Irish candidate who withdrew from the race, Harry Dooley.[2]