Matthew Robert Gergely (October 5, 1979 – January 19, 2025) was an American politician. A Democrat, he was a member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

, representing the 35th district from 2023 until his death in 2025.

Early life and education

Gergely was born in

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, and graduated from McKeesport High School. He earned a

bachelor of science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

degree from

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a Public university, public research university in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and Carnegie Classification o ...

in 2002.

Career

From 2012 to 2017, Gergely was chief of staff to the mayor of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. He was subsequently the business manager for McKeesport Area School District until 2020. Gergely then became McKeesport's chief revenue officer from 2022 to 2023. In February 2023, Gergely won a special election to represent the 35th district in the

after Representative Austin Davis became the

lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lieutenant governor is elected for a four-year term in the same year as the governor of Pennsylvania, governor. Each party picks a candidate for lieutena ...

. Gergely's victory in concurrence with two other special elections cemented Democrats' narrow majority in the House after vacancies following the 2022 election left control of the House in question. The 35th district was previously represented by Gergely's brother Marc.

Death

Gergely's death was announced by the House Democratic Caucus on January 19, 2025, after he had suffered a medical emergency over the holidays. He was 45.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gergely, Matthew 1979 births 2025 deaths Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives People from McKeesport, Pennsylvania 21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni