Steve Offer | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1985–1995 | |
Preceded by | Terry Jones |
Succeeded by | John Snobelen |
Constituency | Mississauga North |
Personal details | |
Born | Toronto,Ontario | November 4,1949
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Karen |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Oakville,Ontario |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Profession | Business executive |
Steven Offer (born November 4,1949) is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995 who represented the riding of Mississauga North. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
Offer has a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University,and a law degree from Osgoode Hall.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election,defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Terry Jones by 1,424 votes in Mississauga North. [1] The Liberal party formed a minority government after the election,and Offer served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations from June 26,1985 to September 1987.
Offer was easily re-elected in the 1987 provincial election,in which the Liberal party won a landslide majority. [2] He continued serving as a parliamentary assistant until August 2,1989,when he was promoted to cabinet as Solicitor General. [3]
In 1990,Offer was challenged for the Liberal nomination in Mississauga North by a representative of the local Sikh community,who claimed that the Peterson government was insufficiently responsive to the concerns of minorities. He won the challenge,and was narrowly re-elected in the 1990 provincial election,defeating New Democratic Party candidate John Foster by 1,442 votes. [4] The Liberals lost the provincial election to the NDP,and Offer moved to the opposition benches. In opposition,he served as his party's critic for Labour and Environment.
The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election,and Offer lost to Tory candidate John Snobelen by over 4,000 votes. [5]
After politics,Offer continued with a number of charitable causes. He is currently the Senior Vice President (Sales,Business Development and Government Relations) with FNF Canada. which is a division of Fidelity National Financial .
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