As you can imagine, Wade got pretty much every suburban vote, while Morrow took the majority of the vote from the old city. Eisenberger and Munro, both strong candidates, took key votes from Morrow in that election, so it most definitely could have gone his way yet again.
It's interesting to think back about those days. With amalgamation came a good deal of optimism (or perhaps naivete) from citizens of the old city thinking somehow that their financial issues might be mitigated through this unholy union. The feeling at the time was that the first mayor of the new city would have to come from the burbs in order to appease the masses. There was also some guilt from 'old Hamiltonians' as the perception was that this would be good for Hamilton but bad for everybody else. Turns out it's been sh*t for just about everyone.
