Charles Joseph Booker
Charles Booker | |
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Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay | |
| In office 27 April 1912 – 16 March 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Walker |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Joseph Booker 3 June 1865 Company director |
Charles Joseph Booker (3 June 1865 – 4 June 1925) was a member of the
Biography
Booker was born in Maryborough, Queensland, the son of Charles Edward Sydney[2] Booker and his wife Margaret (née Shea).[3][1] He attended Ipswich Grammar School and later on was a Director of Walkers Limited.[1]
In 1891, Booker married Jessie Irene Carter (died 1937)
Public life
After unsuccessfully standing for the two member seat of Maryborough at the 1907 Queensland state elections,[5] Booker won the seat two years later in 1909.[6] 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.[7]
Booker was also a member of the
References
- ^ a b c d e "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- Fraser Coast Regional CouncilRetrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ a b Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ Charles Joseph BOOKER — Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 402. Queensland, Australia. 24 May 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXVI, no. 16, 140. Queensland, Australia. 4 October 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Brisbane Courier. No. 18, 773. Queensland, Australia. 19 March 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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