Charles Booker (Australian politician)


Charles Joseph Booker was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Booker was born in Maryborough, Queensland, the son of Charles Edward Sydney Booker and his wife Margaret. He attended Ipswich Grammar School and later on was a Director of Walkers Limited.
In 1891, Booker married Jessie Irene Carter in Sydney and together had one son. He died in Warra in June 1925 and his funeral proceeded from Lumeah, his Graceville residence, to St Matthews Church of England Cemetery.

Public life

After unsuccessfully standing for the two member seat of Maryborough at the 1907 Queensland state elections, Booker won the seat two years later in 1909. Maryborough was reduced to a one-member constituency for the 1912 Queensland state elections and he then won the seat of Wide Bay, holding it until his defeat by Andrew Thompson in 1918.
Booker was also a member of the Perry Shire Council.