1932 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1932 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932.
Incumbent Democratic governor Joseph B. Ely was re-elected to a second term in office. This was the only election between 1910 and 1944 in which the Democratic candidate received a majority of the popular vote.
Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
- Joseph B. Ely, incumbent governor
Results
Governor Ely was unopposed for re-nomination.Lt. Governor
Candidates
- Edward P. Barry, former lieutenant governor
- David J. Brickley
- Raymond A. Fitzgerald
- William I. Hennessey
- Francis E. Kelly, Member of the Boston City Council
- John F. Malley
- Michael C. O'Neill
- John E. Swift, law associate of Senator David I. Walsh and Supreme Director of the Knights of Columbus
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
- Walter E. Brownell, Corporation Counsel of Boston
- Frank A. Goodwin, former Registrar of Motor Vehicles and candidate for governor in 1928
- E. Mark Sullivan, attorney
- William S. Youngman, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts