Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Also recognized in British Columbia; still champion as of 14-09-11 (The Edmonton Journal, 14-09-12).
George Walker [2]
1913-12-01<
Claims the title in Vancouver, BC (The Sun, Vancouver, BC, 13-12-02); still champion as of 14-05-28; "undisputed" champion (The Vancouver Daily Province, 17-08-28).
Ernie Arthur
1918-01<
George Walker disputes Arthur's claim (The Daily Province, Vancouver, BC, 18-02-02); loses to the world champion Waino Ketonen on 18-05-06 in Ft. William, ON.
George Walker [3]
1918-06-10
Ft. William, ON
Still champion as of 19-12-23; starts claiming the light heavyweight title in late 19 or early 20.
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Ernie Arthur [2]
1920-09-01<
Possibly starts claiming the title after George Walker moves up to the light heavyweight division in earlier in the year.
Still champion as of 21-01-27; still/again billed as champion in Kalamath Fallas, OR, USA as of 23-09-22.
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Ernie Arthur [3]
1922-02<
Claims the title in Alberta in 22-02 (The Morning Albertan, Calgary, AB, 22-02-23); may have continued to claimed the title after losing to Eugene Tremblay on 22-02-09 in Toronto, ON.
Frank Pilling
1922-03-15
Lethbridge, AB
Ernie Arthur [4]
1922-04-05
Lethbridge, AB
Nick Bozinis
1922-12-20
Lethbridge, AB
Still champion as of 23-02-02.
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Ernie Arthur [5]
1923-06-23<
Billed as champion in Edmonton, AB; still champion in in Rossland, BC as of 24-05-01.
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Nick Bozinis [2]
1925-01-17<
Cyclone Thompson (George Thompson)
1925-01-21
Lethbridge, AB
Nick Bozinis [3]
1925-04-02
Spokane, WA, USA
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Frank Hall
1926-05<
Ernie Arthur [6]
1926-05-20
Nelson, BC
Also defeats Curly Woods in tournament final on 30-09-22 in Seattle, WA, USA to win Pacific Northwest Title (Grand Forks Gazette, Grand Forks, BC, 30-10-03); still holds both titles as of 31-02-06; still Canadian champion as of 31-06-25; still/again "one of the claimants" as of 36-02-19 (The Vancovuer Daily Province, 36-02-19).
Jack McLaughlin
1929-06-06<
Billed as champion in Vancouver, BC; still champion as of 31-02-19.
