Frank G. Allen Republican Joseph B. Ely Democratic The 1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930.

Incumbent Republican governor Frank G. Allen was defeated by Democrat Joseph B. Ely.

This election marked the beginning of a new era for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, starting a string of eight consecutive years of Democratic governors, a streak later surpassed from 1974 until 1986.

Fitzgerald was forced to withdraw late in the race due to illness, though his name remained on the ballot, and James Michael Curley encouraged a vote for Fitzgerald against the "anti-Irish" Ely.

[1] Ely had previously lost the nomination for lieutenant governor in 1926 to another Irish candidate who withdrew from the race, Harry Dooley.