Candidate for Councillor in Ward 14 Somerset, an IT specialist in the federal public service who says this is his first run for office.
Nicholas Gollé is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 14 Somerset, with a nomination dated August 10, 2026. CBC News describes him as an IT specialist in the federal public service with an education in computer engineering, and he says he has lived in the ward for eight years. His campaign promises to publish a record of the input he receives and of his own work within nine months of taking office, and lists priorities in housing, safety, mobility, the economy, community and ecology.
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The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Nicholas Gollé’s nomination for Councillor in Ward 14 Somerset dated August 10, 2026, and shows him not registered in the Contribution Rebate Program. The City’s list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 does not include him. The City’s list shows no withdrawal and no nomination for another office. CBC News describes him as an IT specialist in the federal public service with an education in computer engineering. The Centretown BUZZ reported on August 19, 2026 that it could not contact him for its first questions because he had given the City no contact information, and it later published his answers to its other questions.
In his CBC News, CTV News Ottawa and NCR Now answers he says he grew up in South Keys and Greely, has lived in Somerset Ward for eight years, holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Carleton University, worked for two years in construction and has worked for eight years in information technology in the public service. His campaign website says he has worked in the public service since 2018. He told CTV News Ottawa that he has no political experience and that this is his first run for office. voche.me did not check his degree or his employment. The sources voche.me read state no party membership for him, and the City does not record one.
His campaign website opens with the message “We need to work together” and describes a style of politics that explains costs and compromises. It lists six areas of focus: housing and homelessness, safety and wellbeing, mobility and access, economy and local prosperity, community, culture and place, and ecology and resilience. It promises that within his first nine months in office he would create a public registry of the input constituents send his office, a map of problem spaces, a public record of his own changing understanding of those problems, and a public record of his ongoing work. In the CBC News questionnaire he names the renewal of core infrastructure as the biggest challenge, would not set a maximum tax increase in advance, and favours a transit levy. He gave no answer to the question whether the police budget should be increased, and says the Ottawa Police Service should present options for reducing its long-term operating costs. He told CTV News Ottawa that he would decrease transit fares, would support a police budget increase, and supports an infrastructure levy.
He told The BUZZ that he supports permanent supportive housing, citing early first-year data from Dunn House in Toronto, that he would not seek a seat on the Ottawa Police Service Board, that he would not tie the police budget to the size of the overall City budget increase, and that he might support City help for the new NHL arena only after seeing a specific proposal. These are his own statements, and he describes the Dunn House figures as preliminary. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint about him.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His campaign website says he wants everyone to have a home, which needs financially viable construction plus public and non-profit investment where needs remain, and that affordability and care are different questions that the City should treat separately.
He told The BUZZ he would pursue permanent supportive housing with federal, provincial and municipal funding and measure the results from the start.
His campaign website says people can start from a shared need for safety, that people must be protected from immediate harm, and that if the same crises keep returning the City should also make the case for earlier help.
He told The BUZZ the best way to improve safety is to evaluate the current Downtown Core Safety Plan and develop the next one.
His campaign website says he would seek a Council-adopted mandate that recognizes OC Transpo as an essential public utility with reliability as its first obligation, find and address dangerous road conditions earlier, and fund and check transportation plans.
In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he says he would decrease transit fares.
His campaign website lists business perspectives in City decisions and a simpler way to get help at City Hall.
In the CBC News questionnaire he supports reducing unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens and supporting local businesses.
His campaign website lists public spaces, community life and keeping local history part of a living neighbourhood, and climate change, biodiversity, mature tree canopy and following through on environmental commitments.
Nicholas Gollé campaign · Priorities: Community, Culture and PlaceHis campaign promises that within nine months of taking office he would publish a registry of constituent input, a map of problems, a record of how his understanding changes and a record of his ongoing work.
Nicholas Gollé campaign · HomeEvidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 14 and its open data file of nominations, his campaign website (home and six priority pages), CBC News of August 25, 2026, CTV News Ottawa of September 11, 2026, NCR Now of September 16, 2026 and the Centretown BUZZ of August 19 and September 2026 (police, drug crisis, housing, the Senators arena, renoviction).
Gaps. His Instagram page showed only a login page or a profile summary. His degree, his employment and his construction work were not checked with those bodies. His Dunn House figures were not checked. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
His campaign website says he has worked in the public service since 2018, and he told CBC News and CTV News Ottawa that he is an IT specialist with eight years of experience. voche.me has not checked this with his employer.
CBC News · Candidate questionnaire: Nicholas Gollé, Ward 14 SomersetHis campaign website and his CBC News questionnaire give this degree. voche.me has not checked it with the university.
Nicholas Gollé campaign · HomeHe says he worked for two years in construction before his IT career. voche.me has not checked this.
CBC News · Candidate questionnaire: Nicholas Gollé, Ward 14 SomersetProposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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