| Oswald Snowball | |
| Order: | 14th |
| Office: | Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 6 July 1927 |
| Term End: | 16 March 1928 |
| Predecessor: | Sir John Bowser |
| Successor: | Sir Alexander Peacock |
| Constituency Am2: | Brighton |
| Assembly2: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 8 October 1909 |
| Term End2: | 16 March 1928 |
| Predecessor2: | Sir Thomas Bent |
| Successor2: | Ian Macfarlan |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Wolsingham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
| Death Place: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Restingplace: | Brighton Cemetery |
| Birthname: | Oswald Robinson Snowball |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Nationalist |
| Otherparty: | Commonwealth Liberal Party |
| Spouse: | Ellen Grace Anketell |
| Residence: | Brighton, Victoria |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
| Profession: | Solicitor |
Oswald Robinson Snowball (18 July 1859 – 16 March 1928) was an English-born Australian politician.
Snowball was born in Wolsingham, England, and arrived in Australia in 1868 where his family spent three years on the land. He studied at Carlton College and the University of Melbourne where he qualified as a solicitor and was admitted to practice in 1883. He was a partner in the firms Briggs & Snowball and later Snowball & Kaufmann.[1]
Snowball was elected to the Victorian parliament representing the Commonwealth Liberal Party in the seat of Brighton in a by-election on 8 October 1909. He was a prominent advocate of divorce law reform, in which he was supported by Rev. William Bottomley and the Melbourne Unitarian Church.[2] He served on various royal commissions, until he was voted Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the commencement of the 29th Parliament on 6 July 1927.Snowball died in office on 16 March the next year.