Career
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.
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.
He continued serving as a parliamentary assistant until August 2, 1989, when he was promoted to cabinet as Solicitor General. The Liberals lost the provincial election to the NDP, and Offer moved to the opposition benches.
Cabinet posts.