[ScreamingViking]

I'd like to add one who is notable (in my opinion) for his apparent lack of influence.

Bob Morrow.

A nice guy by most accounts, who presided over the city for the better part of two decades. But his terms as mayor coincided with one of the most stagnant periods in Hamilton's history.

Economics surely played a role in that. But I think that during this time our politicians went from being progressive and having a vision to simply being administrative and tending to the daily needs, and his leadership was a part of that.

One can criticize some of the decisions made in the 1960s and 70s, but stuff happened. From 1980 to 2000 little did.