Lamport had been elected mayor in 1951, and was expected to face no major opposition to his reelection after powerful Controller Leslie Saunders opted not to run. The final result ended up being closer than expected as Young, who had never run for or held citywide office, came within 10,000 votes. A central issue of the campaign was the introduction of rent control, which Lamport opposed and Young favoured. Part way through his term, Lamport resigned and was succeeded by Saunders. ;Results:
All four Board of Control members were reelected. Labour representative Ford Brand also campaigned on rent control, and increased his vote to almost win second place. Missing a seat was former Alderman Joseph Cornish on his second attempt for a Board seat. As a result of Saunders appointment as mayor alderman Ross Lipsett was appointed to the Board of Control. The unexpected death of Louis Shannon led to a second board appointment, this time of Alderman Roy Belyea. ;Results
City council
Due to the acclamation in Ward 1 City Council chose William Allen to represent the ward on Metro Council In each ward, the alderman with the most votes was declared the senior alderman and sat on both Metro Council and Toronto City Council ;Ward 1 ;Ward 2 ;Ward 3 ;Ward 4 ;Ward 5 ;Ward 6 ;Ward 7 ;Ward 8 ;Ward 9 Results are taken from the December 8, 1953 Toronto Star and might not exactly match final tallies.
Changes
Controller Louis Shannon died on February 16, 1954. On February 23 Controller Ford Brand was appointed Metro Councillor; Ward 9 Alderman Roy Belyea was appointed Controller; Ward 9's remaining Alderman Leonard Reilly was appointed Metro Councillor and David Burt was appointed Alderman. Mayor Allan Lamport resigned on June 28, 1954 to become Vice-Chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission. Council accepted his resignation by a vote of 19-2 and then unanimously elected Controller Leslie Howard Saunders as Mayor. On July 7 Controller David Balfour was appointed Metro Councillor; Ward 8 Alderman Ross Lipsett was appointed Controller; Ward 8's remaining Alderman Alex Hodgins was appointed Metro Councillor and William Probert was appointed Alderman.
Suburbs
East York
;Reeve
Harry G. Simpson 5,564
Marie Taylor 3,556
Source: "Suburbs Vote Light, Few Changes Result", The Globe and Mail ; Toronto, Ont. 07 Dec 1953: 1
New Toronto's election occurred on December 12th. Source: "Strath Wins Mayoralty In New Toronto Vote", The Globe and Mail ; Toronto, Ont. 14 Dec 1953: 5.
North York
;Reeve Fred J. McMahon - acclaimed
Scarborough
;Reeve
Oliver E. Crockford - 8,605
George Mason - 4,071
George Barker - 1,673
Swansea
;Reeve
Dorothy Hague
Weston
;Mayor
Richard C. Seagrave 1,404
John P. Allan 723
Source: "Suburbs Vote Light, Few Changes Result", The Globe and Mail ; Toronto, Ont. 07 Dec 1953: 1
York
;Reeve
Fred W. Hall 9,604
Charles McMaster 3,921
Source: "Suburbs Vote Light, Few Changes Result", The Globe and Mail ; Toronto, Ont. 07 Dec 1953: 1
