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

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

  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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