Party for People with Special Needs

Party for People with Special Needs
Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux
Active provincial party
LeaderLionel Wayne Poizner[1]
PresidentLionel Wayne Poizner
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters94 Armour Blvd Toronto ON M3H 1L7
IdeologyRecognition of people with disabilities as people with special needs
Seats in Legislature
0 / 107
Website
partyforpeoplewithspecialneeds.ca

The Party for People with Special Needs (French: Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux) is a minor political party in Ontario, Canada, founded in 2007 and having contested the 2007 provincial election.[2] The party ran two candidates, leader Danish Ahmed in Toronto Centre and John Rubino in Trinity—Spadina,[3] neither of whom won.

PPSN was founded following a rule change regarding official party recognition; parties were required to only field two candidates to be registered, as opposed to the previous requirement of running candidates in half of all electoral districts.[4] The party's mandate was to focus on the needs of people with disabilities. The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Election results

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Election results
Year of election No. of candidates No. of votes % of vote in contested ridings % of popular vote
2007 2 502 0.58% 0.01%
2011 4 667 ? 0.01%

Notes

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  1. ^ "Registered Political Parties". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Registered Political Parties in Ontario". Elections Ontario. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  3. ^ "Registered Candidate's Contact Information". Elections Ontario. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  4. ^ "Interest in Ontario's vote on electoral reform picking up: officials". The Canadian Press. September 19, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.[dead link]
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