Eduardo Nonato Joson

Eduardo Nonato "Edno" Noriel Joson

In the local level, he served as provincial governor (1995–1998) and 2013, representing the first district. He failed in his attempt for re-election in 2016.

From 2010, he was engaged in rice farming while residing in the municipalities of Guimba and Quezon. Bopet Dizon, his son-in-law, served as mayor of Guimba.

In 1987, ran under the local political party Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija (Balane), he was elected representative of the province's first district, he replaced his elder brother, Tomas III, ran (Balane–Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino–Nationalist People's Coalition) and was later elected provincial governor Eduardo Nonato served until 1998

As provincial governor, he started projects in the barangays focusing on peace and order, medical services, and serving indigents and the homeless; initiated training, especially for disaster response, to enhance public service; and created an office to handle investments. He expanded college scholarship and clean and green programs. As a result, he was suspended twice by Executive Secretary Ruben Torres.

Joson was designated as administrator of the National Food Authority during the presidency of Joseph Estrada. He resigned in November 2000, few months before the end of the administration. He made efforts to lower prices for basic commodities through rolling and sari-sari stores. He initiated seedling and fertilizer subsidy to farmers; establishment of post-harvest facilities and equipment; and introduced electronic system of trading in agriculture. and did not seek re-election thereafter. Among his proposed bills in the 14th Congress include: establishment of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 9497); strengthening the University of the Philippines as the premier state university (RA No. 9500); strengthening programs to micro, small and medium scale enterprises (RA No. 9501; amending RA No. 6977, the Magna Carta for Small Enterprises); and provision for cheaper medicines (RA No. 9502); all enacted in 2008.

Ran independent in the 2019 elections, he failed in his attempt to regain the governorship.

2022 elections Edno, ran under PDP–Laban, lost to his younger brother and re-electionist mayor of Quezon, Mariano Cristino (Boyet), in the 2022 elections.

A week after he filed his candidacy, a petition for its cancellation was filed by his lone mayoralty opponent. ruling that there is insufficient information to establish that he is able to comply with the residency requirement.