Newfoundland

The unofficial flag of Newfoundland, Canada, is a vertical tricolor of green on the hoist, white in the middle, and pink on the fly. The 1:2 flag was made public by the Newfoundland Fisherman’s Star of the Sea Association around 1890.
== Symbolism ==
The pink represents the Tudor rose of the English monarchy, the royal line under which Newfoundland was discovered and explored and early settlement begun. The white symbolizes Scotland, since it is the national color, white also represents unity between the English and Irish colours displayed in the Newfoundland flag. The green has long been symbolic of Ireland's identity and thus represents the Irish settlers in Newfoundland.https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca-nf_pk.html
== Originations ==
Historical evidence indicates that the "Pink, White and Green" flag first appeared in the late 1880s to early 1890s as the flag of the Roman Catholic fraternal group the Newfoundland Fishermen's Star of the Sea Association, which was formed in St. John's in 1871.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Tricolour
== History==
The flag of Newfoundland had been released to the public by the Newfoundland Fisherman’s Star of the Sea Association in 1890. The flag had been recognized by the public by 1974. The flag is still not official according to the Canadian government.
===Controversy===
Around the turn of the 20th century the "Pink White and Green" flag gained significant social and possibly commercial use, primarily by Roman Catholic groups in the St. John's and surrounding area. It remained controversial, however, as many Protestants did not accept it as their own flag, feeling that it was, in fact, a Roman Catholic/Irish nationalist flag. Bishop Michael Fleming, credited in popular legend as its creator was, in fact, a self-fashioned leader of the Irish community in Newfoundland and pursued an "Irish nationalistic" agenda in taking on the local British establishment, even to the point of intervening to get particular men elected. In 1904, the "Pink, White and Green" was a central symbol for those opposed to confederation with Canada, a sentiment supported by Roman Catholic Archbishop Michael F. Howley and his clergy, particularly on the east coast, thus further associating the flag with the Catholic Church and Irish nationalism in the eyes of many Protestants.
===Flags ===
File:England.svg|England (1610-1862)
File:Newfoundland (1862-1870).svg|Newfoundland (1862-1870)
File:Newfoundland (1870-1904).svg|Newfoundland (1870-1904)
File:Newfoundland (old).svg|Dominion of Newfoundland (1918-1949)
File:Newfoundland.svg|Newfoundland (1974-)
The flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1918 to 1949 was the regular british colonial flag with the red background and the British flag in the canton in the top left. In the middle right was the seal of the region.
The flag had been removed once many of the Canadian flags had removed the British canton. The new unofficial flag had replaced it in 1974 or when it was released in 1890.
==References==
Category:Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Proportions 1-2
Category:2001 NAVA State Flag Survey
Category:Green
Category:White
Category:Pink
Category:Tricolour
Category:Triband
Category:Unofficial flags
Category:Vertical stripes
Category:Canada
Category:Vertical tricolour