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| predecessor=[[Dennis Bonnen]]

| predecessor=[[Dennis Bonnen]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| office2=Texas State Representative<br> for District 21 (Jefferson<br> and Orange counties)

| office2=Texas State Representative<br> for District 21 (Jasper, Jefferson, and Orange counties)

| term_start2=January 13, 2015

| term_start2=January 13, 2015

| preceded2=[[Allan Ritter]]

| preceded2=[[Allan Ritter]]

[[University of Texas at Austin]]}}

[[University of Texas at Austin]]}}

'''Matthew McDade Phelan''' (born September 18, 1975) is a [[real estate]] developer from [[Beaumont]], who is the [[Speaker]] of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives, and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] legislator for District 21 in Jefferson and Orange counties in the southeastern corner of the state.

'''Matthew McDade Phelan''' (born September 18, 1975) is a [[real estate]] developer from [[Beaumont]], who is the [[Speaker]] of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives, and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] legislator for District 21 (located in the southeastern corner of the state, an area commonly known as the '''Golden Triangle''')  Phelan is the first Speaker to come from that portion of Texas.

==Background==

==Background==