Party for People with Special Needs
{{Infobox political party
| name = Party for People with Special Needs
| native_name = Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux
| _subheader = Active provincial party
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| leader = Lionel Wayne Poizner{{cite web |title=Registered Political Parties |url=https://finances.elections.on.ca/en/registered-parties |website=Elections Ontario |access-date=23 July 2023}}
| president = Lionel Wayne Poizner
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| foundation = {{Start date|2007}}
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| headquarters = 94 Armour Blvd
Toronto ON M3H 1L7
| ideology = Recognition of people with disabilities as people with special needs
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| colorcode = #FBEC5D
| blank1_title = Fiscal policy
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| blank2_title = Social policy
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| seats1_title = Seats in the House of Commons
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| seats2_title = Seats in the Senate
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| seats3_title = Seats in Legislature
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|107|hex=#FBEC5D }}
| website = {{url|https://partyforpeoplewithspecialneeds.ca/}}
| country = Canada
| state = Ontario
| parties_dab1 = List of political parties in Ontario
| elections_dab1= List of Ontario general elections
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The Party for People with Special Needs ({{langx|fr|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/PoliticalParties/RegisteredPoliticalPartiesinOntario.htm|title=Registered Political Parties in Ontario |publisher=Elections Ontario|date=September 28, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005129/http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/PoliticalParties/RegisteredPoliticalPartiesinOntario.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2007}} The party ran two candidates, leader Danish Ahmed in Toronto Centre and John Rubino in Trinity—Spadina,{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/Candidates/CandidateContactInfo.htm |title=Registered Candidate's Contact Information |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005126/http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/Candidates/CandidateContactInfo.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2007|url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=Interest in Ontario's vote on electoral reform picking up: officials |url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwFhqIkOVJJrly8JzbKIH3E-SLKA |access-date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=The Canadian Press|date=September 19, 2007}}{{dead link|date=November 2012|bot=Legobot}} 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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scope="col" | Election year
! scope="col" | No. of ! scope="col" | % of ! scope="col" | No. of ! scope="col" | No. of ! scope="col" | +/− ! scope="col" | Government |
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scope="row" | 2007
| align="center"|502 | align="center"|0.01 | align="center"|2 | {{Composition bar|0|107|hex=Lightgrey}} | New Party | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2011
| align="center"|667 | align="center"|0.02 | align="center"|4 | {{Composition bar|0|107|hex=Lightgrey}} | = | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2014
| align="center"|709 | align="center"|0.01 | align="center"|3 | {{Composition bar|0|107|hex=Lightgrey}} | = | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2018
| align="center"|631 | align="center"|0.01 | align="center"|5 | {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=Lightgrey}} | = | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2022
| align="center"|290 | align="center"|0.01 | align="center"|2 | {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=Lightgrey}} | = | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2025
| align="center"|397 | align="center"|0.01 | align="center"|2 | {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=Lightgrey}} | = | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
Notes
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210303014649/http://www.ppsn.on.ca/ Party for People with Special Needs] (copy archived March 2021)
{{Ontario provincial political parties}}
Category:2007 establishments in Canada
Category:Provincial political parties in Ontario
Category:Political parties established in 2007
Category:Political parties of minorities in Canada
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