 Asher was Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2014, and served as a minister in the Kennett, Baillieu and Napthine governments.Asher joined the Young Liberal Movement in 1976 and served as state president in 1982.Asher also studied at both Melbourne and Monash University completing a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Education and was a secondary teacher during the 1980s before becoming an advisor to New South Wales minister Peter Collins.