Joan Tardà

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Tardà and the second or maternal family name is Coma; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Joan Tardà
Tardà in March 2017
Spokesperson of the Republican Left Group in the Congress of Deputies
In office 13 January 2016 – 21 May 2019
Preceded by	Alfred Bosch
Succeeded by	Gabriel Rufián
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office 30 March 2004 – 5 March 2019
Constituency	Barcelona
Member of Cornellà de Llobregat City Council
In office 1979–1983
In office 1999–2004
Personal details
Born	Joan Tardà i Coma (1953-09-26) 26 September 1953 (age 71) Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship	Spanish
Political party	Republican Left of Catalonia
Other political affiliations	Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists

Joan Tardà i Coma (born 26 September 1953) is a Catalan teacher and politician from Spain. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life and family

Tardà was born on 26 September 1953 in Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia.[1][2] He is the son a bricklayer and a cinema ticket seller from Cornellà de Llobregat.[3][4] From the age of twelve Tardà worked at the same cinema as his mother.[4] He has a Master of Arts degree.[1][3]

Tardà was a member of Red Flag until 1974.[3][4] He was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) from 1974 to 1976 when he joined the newly formed Left Nationalists (NE).[2] Following the dissolution of NE Tardà joined the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and was president of its Cornellà branch from 1996 to 1999.[2] He was also a member of Assemblea de Batlles and the Committee of Solidarity with the Catalan Patriots (Comitès de Solidaritat amb els Patriotes Catalans).[2]

Career

Tardà and other teachers taught Catalan after school as the Fascist Francoist dictatorship had banned the teaching of Catalan in schools.[4] He has taught Catalan language and literature at the IES Institut Esteve Terradas secondary school since 1980.[1][4]

Tardà was elected to Cornellà de Llobregat Municipal Council at the 1979 local election as an independent PSUC candidate, serving until 1983.[2][4] He contested the 1999 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Cornellà and was re-elected.[5][6] He was re-elected at the 2003 local election.[7][8] He resigned in September 2004.[2]

Tardà contested the 2004 general election as an ERC candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[9][10] He was re-elected at the 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

In March 2019 Tardà announced that he would not seek re-election at the next general election and would quit national politics.[19] At the 2019 general election Tardà was placed 32nd on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win eight seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.[20][21]

Personal life

Tardà's partner Empar Fernández is a history teacher.[4] They have two children.[1][4]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Joan Tardà

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		No.	Result
1979 local	Cornellà de Llobregat		Independent		Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia		Elected
1999 local[5][6]	Cornellà de Llobregat		Republican Left of Catalonia		Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal	1	Elected
2003 local[7][8]	Cornellà de Llobregat		Republican Left of Catalonia		Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal	1	Elected
2004 general[9][10]	Province of Barcelona		Republican Left of Catalonia			3	Elected
2008 general[11][12]	Province of Barcelona		Republican Left of Catalonia			2	Elected
2011 general[13][14]	Province of Barcelona		Republican Left of Catalonia		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes	2	Elected
2015 general[15][16]	Province of Barcelona		Republican Left of Catalonia		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes	2	Elected
2016 general[17][18]	Province of Barcelona		Republican Left of Catalonia		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes	2	Elected
2019 general[20][21]	Province of Barcelona		Republican Left of Catalonia		Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists	32	Not elected

References

1. "Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Tardà i Coma, Joan" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
2. "Joan Tardà". 26 December 2018 (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia.
3. Jabois, Manuel (21 October 2018). "Joan Tardà va a la muntanya". El País (in Catalan). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
4. Hinojosa, Silvia (17 December 2016). "El veterano de ERC que enciende el Congreso". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
5. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Vol. LXI, no. 113. Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 12 May 1999. p. 105. Retrieved 12 June 2018.^[permanent dead link‍]
6. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Junio 1999 - Mun. Cornellà de Llobregat" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
7. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 29 April 2003. p. 103. Retrieved 24 December 2018.^[permanent dead link‍]
8. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Cornellà de Llobregat" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
9. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 41. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 17 February 2004. p. 7491. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
10. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2004" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
11. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Vol. CCCXLVIII, no. 37. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 12 February 2008. p. 7573. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
12. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2008" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
13. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 257. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 October 2011. p. 111256. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
14. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
15. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110645. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
16. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
17. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35531. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
18. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
19. "Joan Tardà, portavoz de Esquerra, deja el Congreso después de 15 años". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
20. "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34228. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
21. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.