| 1953 Canadian federal election: Davenport, Toronto | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Hellyer | 8,919 | 41.1 | +2.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold McBride | 6,998 | 32.3 | -3.5 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred Young | 4,968 | 22.9 | -2.3 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Hector Harold MacArthur | 802 | 3.7 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,687 | 100.0 | ||||||