Charlottetown votes to add Indigenous figure next to Sir John A. Macdonald statue Pedestrians pass a bronze sculpture of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, by artist Michael Halterman, in Charlottetown on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Charlottetown city council has voted 8-1 in favour of making changes to a statue of Canada's first prime minister by adopting recommendations of Indigenous groups. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan May 11, 2021 - 2:20 PM CHARLOTTETOWN - The City of Charlottetown will add a representation of an Indigenous elder or child next to its downtown statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to serve as a reminder of the darker side of the former prime minister's legacy.