| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Martin O'Connell | |
| Office: | Minister of Labour |
| Primeminister: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start: | 24 November 1978 |
| Term End: | 3 June 1979 |
| Predecessor: | André Ouellet (acting) |
| Successor: | Lincoln Alexander |
| Primeminister1: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start1: | 28 January 1972 |
| Term End1: | 26 November 1972 |
| Predecessor1: | Bryce Mackasey |
| Successor1: | John Munro |
| Office2: | Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister |
| Primeminister2: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start2: | 1 December 1972 |
| Term End2: | 1974 |
| Predecessor2: | Marc Lalonde |
| Successor2: | James A. Coutts |
| Riding3: | Scarborough East |
| Parliament3: | Canadian |
| Term Start3: | 8 July 1974 |
| Term End3: | 21 May 1979 |
| Predecessor3: | Reginald Stackhouse |
| Successor3: | Gordon Gilchrist |
| Term Start4: | 25 June 1968 |
| Term End4: | 29 October 1972 |
| Predecessor4: | Riding created |
| Successor4: | Reginald Stackhouse |
| Birth Name: | Martin Patrick O'Connell |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | |
| Portfolio: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1969–71) |
Martin Patrick O'Connell (1 August 1916 - 11 August 2003) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University. During World War II, he was a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. After the war, he received an MA and a Ph.D from the University of Toronto.
In 1965, he ran for the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Greenwood. He was defeated but was elected in 1968 in the riding of Scarborough East. A Liberal, he was defeated in the 1972 elections but was re-elected again in 1974. He ran twice more unsuccessfully in 1979 and 1980. From 1969 to 1971, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion. From 1971 to 1972, he was the Minister of State and in 1972 he was the Minister of Labour.
After his defeat in the 1972 General Election, O'Connell served as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Trudeau from 1973 until he was once again elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 General Election.
From 1978 to 1979, he again was the Minister of Labour.
From 1984 to 1989, he was the Chairman of the Council of Governors of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. In 1993 he was the co-founder and first co-chairman of The Canadian Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Cultural and Historical Treasures.