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

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| 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

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Election year

! scope="col" | No. of
overall votes

! scope="col" | % of
overall total

! scope="col" | No. of
candidates run

! scope="col" | No. of
seats won

! scope="col" | +/−

! scope="col" | Government

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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