Gilbert Peña

{{short description|American politician}}

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| name = Gilbert H. Peña

| state_house = Texas

| district = 144th

| term_start = January 13, 2015

| term_end = January 8, 2017

| predecessor = Mary Ann Perez

| successor = Mary Ann Perez

| birth_date = May 27, 1949

| birth_place =Galveston, Texas, USA

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| party = Republican

| occupation =Retired

| spouse = Cynthia Hernandez Peña

| children = Four children

| residence = Pasadena, Texas

| alma_mater =Texas Southern University

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Gilbert H. Peña (born 1949) was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 144 in Harris County, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5787&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=144~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=84~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Gilbert Peña|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=December 10, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.takeback144.com/meet-gilbert/|title=Meet Gilbert Peña|publisher=Take Back House District 144|accessdate=December 10, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220090656/http://www.takeback144.com/meet-gilbert/|archivedate=December 20, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012 |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |accessdate=December 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=November 8, 2006 }}{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=General election returns, November 4, 2014 |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |accessdate=December 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=November 8, 2006 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-state-house-district-144|title=Texas 144th District State House Results: Mary Ann Perez Wins|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 2017}}