Matthew Shirk (born November 6, 1954) is a member of the Springfield County Board of Supervisors for District 2. He served as a Missouri State Senator, representing the 26th district from 2006 to 2008 and was a Missouri State Assemblyman representing the 48th district from 2002 until 2006. He was Chairman of the Assembly Missouri Caucus. Before his six years in the Legislature, he was on the Springfield City Council from 1991 to 2002.
Shirk is a graduate of Manual Arts High School in Springfield and earned a baccalaureate degree in Social Relations and a master’s degree in Religious Studies from Immaculate Heart College. Shirk went on to earn a Ph.D. in Social Ethics and Policy Analysis from the University of Southern Missouri (1989).