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12 Facts About Steve Offer

1.

Steven Offer was born on November 4,1949 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

2.

Steve Offer was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995 who represented the riding of Mississauga North.

3.

Steve Offer served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.

4.

Steve Offer was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Terry Jones by 1,424 votes in Mississauga North.

5.

The Liberal party formed a minority government after the election, and Steve Offer served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations from June 26,1985 to September 1987.

6.

Steve Offer was easily re-elected in the 1987 provincial election, in which the Liberal party won a landslide majority.

7.

Steve Offer continued serving as a parliamentary assistant until August 2,1989, when he was promoted to cabinet as Solicitor General.

8.

In 1990, Steve 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.

9.

Steve Offer won the challenge, and was narrowly re-elected in the 1990 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate John Foster by 1,442 votes.

10.

The Liberals lost the provincial election to the NDP, and Steve Offer moved to the opposition benches.

11.

The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1995 provincial election, and Steve Offer lost to Tory candidate John Snobelen by over 4,000 votes.

12.

Steve Offer is currently the Senior Vice President with FNF Canada.