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Bertram Richard Brooker (March 31, 1888 –
March 22, 1955) was a Canada|Canadian writer,
painter, musician, and advertising agency
executive. 

Born in London Borough of Croydon|Croydon,
England, to Richard Brooker and Mary Ann (Skinner)
Brooker, he moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
in 1905 with his family. In 1913 he rented a movie
theatre in Neepawa, Manitoba. In 1914 he became
editor of the Portage Review, a local newspaper.
In 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian
Engineers in Winnipeg. After the war he worked for
the Winnipeg Tribune, the Regina Leader Post and
the Winnipeg Free Press.

He moved to Toronto in 1921. In 1921 he joined the
staff of Marketing Magazine, becoming its editor
and publisher from 1924 until 1926. In 1923 he
published his first book, Subconscious Selling. In
1929 he joined the staff of the J.J. Gobbons
Advertising Agency. 
He won the 1936 Governor General's Awards for
Think of the Earth. In 1940 he joined the staff of
the MacLaren Advertising Co.

He is regarded as the first Canadian Abstract
impressionism|abstract impressionist.

In 1913 he married Mary Aurilla (“Rill”)
Porter.

==References==
* Web reference | title=Bertram Brooker |
work=University of Manitoba |
URL=http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archiv
es/ead/html/brooker.shtml | date=April 17 |
year=2005