| Election Name: | 1944 Montana gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Montana |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1940 Montana gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1940 |
| Next Election: | 1948 Montana gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1948 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1944 |
| Image1: | Sam C. Ford.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Sam C. Ford |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 116,461 |
| Percentage1: | 56.36% |
| Nominee2: | Leif Erickson |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 89,224 |
| Percentage2: | 43.18% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Sam C. Ford |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Sam C. Ford |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 79.40%2.10[1] |
The 1944 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam C. Ford, who was first elected Governor in 1940, ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary and moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Leif Erickson, a former Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and the Democratic nominee. Although then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won the state in that year's presidential election, Ford defeated Erickson by a wide margin to win his second and final term as governor. This election is the first time that an incumbent Republican Governor of Montana was re-elected or won re-election.