1. Charles Alexander Allard was a Canadian banker, broadcaster, businessman, and surgeon who set up the Canadian radio station CHQT and Edmonton's independent television station CITV-TV, and was the founder of the Bank of Alberta, Allarcom, and the Edmonton Oilers.
Charles Allard was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, chief of staff at the Edmonton General Hospital, and posthumously inducted in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1996.
Charles Allard was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1919, and graduated from high school in Edmonton.
Charles Allard received his medical degree from the University of Alberta in 1943, and went on to complete his postgraduate studies in surgery at the Montreal General Hospital; Lahey Clinic, Boston; Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; and Children's Memorial Hospital of Montreal.
Charles Allard was appointed the chief of staff of the Edmonton General Hospital.
In 1965, Charles Allard founded the Edmonton radio station CHQT, and western Canada's first independent TV station, CITV-TV, in 1973.
Charles Allard co-founded Paris Investments, which was later renamed Allarco Developments, and became one of the largest real-estate companies in Canada.
Charles Allard was the founder, chairman of the board, and director of Alberta Gas and Chemicals.
Dr Charles Allard was the founder, chairman of the board, and director of International Jet Air.
Charles Allard was one of the founders of Bank of Alberta, which went on to become the Canadian Western Bank.
Charles Allard consolidated his media interests into Allarcom which was sold to Western International Communications in 1991.