| Election Name: | 1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Flag Year: | 1908 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1948 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1946 |
| Image1: | Robert F. Bradford (Massachusetts Governor) (3x4a).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Robert F. Bradford |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 911,152 |
| Percentage1: | 54.12% |
| Nominee2: | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 762,743 |
| Percentage2: | 45.30% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Robert F. Bradford |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Republican Robert F. Bradford defeated Democratic incumbent Maurice J. Tobin, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
Governor Tobin defeated Francis D. Harrigan, a senior partner with the law firm of Caulfield, Harrigan and Murray, associate editor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Law Journal, and a World War I veteran, for the Democratic nomination.[1] [2]
Lieutenant Governor Robert F. Bradford won the Republican gubernatorial nomination unopposed.[3]