[1] 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)[3] in Sydney and together had one son.

He died in Warra in June 1925[1] and his funeral proceeded from Lumeah, his Graceville residence, to St Matthews Church of England Cemetery.

[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.