Party for People with Special Needs

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.

Party for People with Special Needs Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux
Active provincial party
Leader	Lionel Wayne Poizner[1]
President	Lionel Wayne Poizner
Founded	2007 (2007)
Headquarters	94 Armour Blvd Toronto ON M3H 1L7
Ideology	Recognition of people with disabilities as people with special needs
Seats in Legislature	0 / 107
Website
partyforpeoplewithspecialneeds.ca
Politics of Ontario Political parties Elections

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 year	No. of overall votes	% of overall total	No. of candidates run	No. of seats won	+/−	Government
2007	502	0.01	2	0 / 107	New Party	Extra-parliamentary
2011	667	0.02	4	0 / 107	=	Extra-parliamentary
2014	709	0.01	3	0 / 107	=	Extra-parliamentary
2018	631	0.01	5	0 / 124	=	Extra-parliamentary
2022	290	0.01	2	0 / 124	=	Extra-parliamentary
2025	397	0.01	2	0 / 124	=	Extra-parliamentary