Original sentence: "  Also running was former school board head Arthur Brown, who ad previously come close to defeating Lamport for the job.Controller Leslie Saunders had been appointed mayor after the resignation of Allan Lamport, who left to work with the TTC.In the election Cornish successfully passed Lipsett to get a seat on the board.Saunders appointment to the mayoralty led to the appointment of Alderman Ross Lipsett to the Board of Control.Saunders publicly proclaimed he was running as "Leslie Saunders, Protestant.The mayoral race saw incumbent Leslie Saunders defeated by Nathan Phillips in a close contest.This controversially passed former Alderman Joseph Cornish, who had finished fifth in the 1953 race.Toronto municipal elections were held December 6, 1954
Edited sentence: Also running was former school board head Arthur Brown, who ad previously come close to defeating Lamport for the job.Controller Leslie Saunders had been appointed mayor after the resignation of Allan Lamport, who left to work with the Toronto Transit Commission.In the election, Cornish won more votes than Lipsett and got a seat on the board.Incumbent mayor Leslie Saunders was defeated by Nathan Phillips in a close contest.Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 6, 1954.Saunders publicly proclaimed he was running as "Leslie Saunders, Protestant".Saunders' appointment to the mayoralty led to the appointment of Alderman Ross Lipsett to the Board of Control.This controversially passed over former Alderman Joseph Cornish, who had finished fifth in the 1953 election