--- title: "Geoff Nicholas: candidate for mayor, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/geoff-nicholas" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:26.278Z" meta: description: "Geoff Nicholas is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 21, 2026, and the City's list shows no..." "og:description": "Geoff Nicholas is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 21, 2026, and the City's list shows no..." "og:title": "Geoff Nicholas: candidate for mayor, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "Geoff Nicholas is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 21, 2026, and the City's list shows no..." "twitter:title": "Geoff Nicholas: candidate for mayor, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Mayor · Ottawa 2026 # Geoff Nicholas Candidate for Mayor, who faces criminal charges that no court has decided. Geoff Nicholas is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 21, 2026, and the City's list shows no website or social media account for him. CBC News, CTV News Ottawa and The Canadian Press report that Kingston Police charged Geoffrey Nicholas Griplas, who is listed as Geoff Nicholas, on September 15, 2026 with criminal harassment, threats to cause death and weapons offences. These are allegations. voche.me found no written platform from his campaign. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Geoff NicholasOttawa municipal election *Geoff NicholasMayorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Geoff Nicholas The City's list of certified candidates shows Geoff Nicholas's nomination for Mayor filed on August 21, 2026, the last day nominations were open, and shows "Not provided" where a website or social media account would be. CBC News named him among the candidates who registered that day. Compare Ottawa, a voter guide, wrote on September 1, 2026 that it found no campaign website and no reliable written platform for him. The Canadian Press reported on September 18, 2026 that Geoffrey Nicholas Griplas is listed as a certified candidate in the mayoral election under the name Geoff Nicholas. CBC News and CTV News Ottawa report the same link between the two names. The charges against Griplas are described in the section below. They are allegations, and no court has decided them. CP24, which carries CTV News Ottawa's report, says that on August 22, 2026 a Facebook page for Griplas posted the words "Nicholas for Mayor" with a caption saying he was running to win. CP24 also reports that Geoff Nicholas was not one of the 10 candidates in the Rogers TV mayoral debate filmed on September 15, 2026. The City clerk told CBC News on September 18, 2026 that certified candidates are required to be listed on the ballot under the Municipal Elections Act. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. No platform positions have been supplied. Reported charges ## Criminal charges reported in September 2026 Allegation. CBC News reported on September 18, 2026, from court documents it obtained, that Geoffrey Nicholas Griplas was charged on September 15, 2026 with two counts of criminal harassment and two counts of uttering threats to cause death (the Criminal Code charge for threatening to kill someone). The documents name Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe as the targets, cite social media posts between September 6 and September 13, 2026, and say the conduct took place in Kingston, Ontario. Kingston Police said in a statement that the accused was arrested by Ottawa Police at an Ottawa address and was found with a firearm, and was also charged with possession of a weapon for committing an offence, possessing a firearm without a licence, and occupying a motor vehicle with a firearm. Kingston Police did not name the accused. CBC News reported that a police spokesperson confirmed the person in the court documents is the one the police were describing. Stage. CBC News reported that he appeared in the Kingston courthouse by video on Thursday, September 17, 2026, and remained in custody, with a bail hearing (a hearing to decide whether he is released while the case continues) possible on Monday, September 21, 2026. The Canadian Press reported that he was returned to custody in Kingston after a bail hearing and was due back in court on September 21. voche.me found no report of what happened on September 21 or later. Response. None of the reports opened carried a statement from him about the charges. Mayor Sutcliffe's campaign and office declined to comment, and the Premier's office said it would not comment while the matter is before the courts. Ottawa Police said it takes threats against public officials seriously and has enhanced its response to the threats against the Mayor. A charge is an allegation until a court decides. [CBC News · Ottawa mayoral candidate charged for alleged death threats against Doug Ford and Mark Sutcliffe](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/geoffrey-nicholas-griplas-ottawa-mayor-charge-court-9.7348508) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 5, 2026: the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates, CBC News's report of August 21, 2026 and its candidate list of August 28, 2026, the reports of September 18, 2026 by CBC News, CP24 (carrying CTV News Ottawa's report) and Global News (carrying The Canadian Press), and Compare Ottawa's page on him. The City lists no website or social media account for him. Gaps. No written platform or statement from him was found. No report after September 18, 2026 was found, so the outcome of the bail hearing and the current state of the case are unknown to voche.me. voche.me did not open any social media page. It uses only what the news outlets reported from them. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Mayor](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-candidates-mayor) 03 / Background ## Experience & community ### Background not supplied Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile. 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Geoff Nicholas directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Geoff Nicholas's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Geoff Nicholas? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Geoff Nicholas's own campaign.
Does Geoff Nicholas currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Geoff Nicholas.
How many sources does this Geoff Nicholas profile cite? This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Geoff Nicholas's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Geoff Nicholas in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Geoff Nicholas is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Mayor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Mayor ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-candidates-mayor)Checked October 5, 2026 - [CBC News · 2 Ottawa city councillors poised to keep seats because no one ran against them, August 21, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-city-council-mayor-election-2026-deadline-9.7314470)Checked October 5, 2026 - [CBC News · These are Ottawa's 2026 candidates for mayor, August 28, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-mayor-election-race-2026-election-9.7311126)Checked October 5, 2026 - [CBC News · Ottawa mayoral candidate charged for alleged death threats against Doug Ford and Mark Sutcliffe, September 18, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/geoffrey-nicholas-griplas-ottawa-mayor-charge-court-9.7348508)Checked October 5, 2026 - [CP24 · Mayoral candidate charged for alleged threats against Ottawa mayor, Premier Ford, September 18, 2026 ](https://www.cp24.com/news/2026/09/18/mayoral-candidate-charged-for-alleged-threats-against-ottawa-mayor-premier-ford/)Checked October 5, 2026 - [Global News (The Canadian Press) · Ottawa mayoral candidate charged for alleged death threats against Sutcliffe, Ford, September 18, 2026 ](https://globalnews.ca/news/12064586/ottawa-mayoral-candidate-charged-for-alleged-death-threats-against-sutcliffe-ford/)Checked October 5, 2026 - [Compare Ottawa · Geoff Nicholas, September 1, 2026 ](https://compareottawa.ca/mayoral-candidates/geoff-nicholas/)Checked October 5, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Verified website, social and contact links will appear here when supplied. No campaign links supplied yet. ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Mayor**Alex Lawson**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alex-lawson) [Mayor**Ali Shayvard**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ali-shayvard) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Geoff Nicholas a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.