| Election Name: | 1948 Oregon gubernatorial special election |
| Country: | Oregon |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Oregon gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1950 Oregon gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Nominee1: | Douglas McKay |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 271,295 |
| Percentage1: | 53.2% |
| Nominee2: | Lew Wallace |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 226,958 |
| Percentage2: | 44.5% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | John Hubert Hall |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Douglas McKay |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1948 Oregon gubernatorial special election took place on November 2, 1948 to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. A special election was needed due to the death of governor Earl Snell, who was killed in a plane crash on October 28, 1947.
Incumbent governor John Hubert Hall, who took over after Snell's death until the election, lost the Republican nomination 51.13-48.87%, to state senator Douglas McKay, and the Democrats nominated state senator Lew Wallace, who had previously lost to Earl Snell in the 1942 gubernatorial election in a landslide.
In the general election, McKay won the election with 53.23% to Wallace's 44.53%, and was sworn in as Oregon's 25th governor on January 10, 1949.