| Election Name: | 1946 Minnesota Attorney General election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Minnesota Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1948 Minnesota Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 1948 |
| Election Date: | 5 November 1946 |
| Nominee1: | Joseph A. A. Burnquist |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 526,331 |
| Percentage1: | 61.77% |
| Nominee2: | Walter C. Boland |
| Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 325,764 |
| Percentage2: | 38.23% |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Joseph A. A. Burnquist |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Joseph A. A. Burnquist |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1946 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on 5 November 1946 in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. Republican nominee and incumbent attorney general Joseph A. A. Burnquist defeated Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Walter C. Boland.[1]
On election day, 5 November 1946, Republican nominee Joseph A. A. Burnquist won re-election by a margin of 200,567 votes against his opponent Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Walter C. Boland, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of attorney general. Burnquist was sworn in for his fifth term on 3 January 1947.[2]