10-time North-West Champion – the North-West Championship was the forerunner of the Manitoba Championship, and was contested from 1897 to 1930.

R.J. Spencer won 10 times –  1897, 1902, 1906, 1919-1922, 1924, 1930. 

Read more at

R. J. Spencer – Manitoba Chess Hall of Fame and Museum Inc. (mbchesshof.org)