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.[1] The party ran two candidates, leader Danish Ahmed in Toronto Centre and John Rubino in Trinity—Spadina,[2] neither of whom won.

Party for People with Special Needs

Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux
Active provincial party
LeaderHilton Milan
PresidentLada Alekseychuk
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters505-341 Bloor St W
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1W8
IdeologyRecognition of people with disabilities as people with special needs
Colourspink
Seats in Legislature
0 / 107
Website
www.ppsn.on.ca

PPSN was founded following a rule change regarding official party recognition; parties must now only field two candidates to be registered, as opposed to the previous requirement of running candidates in half of all electoral districts.[3] The party's mandate is to focus on the needs of people with disabilities.

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 in Ontario". Elections Ontario. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  2. "Registered Candidate's Contact Information". Elections Ontario. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  3. "Interest in Ontario's vote on electoral reform picking up: officials". The Canadian Press. September 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.