Career
Her background was in nursing and was employed by the Scarborough Health Department Metropolitan Toronto until 1982. Nicholds defeated Kanata"s second mayor, Des Adam, in the 12 November 1991 municipal election and was re-elected for two more terms. Nicholds retired from politics after completing her third term in office and did not campaign in the 2000 municipal elections.
At that point, the Government of Ontario ordered the formation of a new City of Ottawa government which replaced Kanata and all other local governments within the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
