Amy Ede

Amy Ede (née Laycock; 1923 – 8 November 2007) was an early female politician in Singapore and a pioneer of the orchid trade on the island.

She and her siblings were later adopted by Englishman John Laycock,[1] and she studied at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus.

[7] Following her loss, she was elected into the Hospitals Board by the unofficial members of the legislative council.

[9] After this, she ran as a candidate for East Ward in the December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election, running against Mak Pak Shee of the Labour Front.

However, she was later told that due to a lack of funding, plans to establish sub-clinics in rural areas were delayed.

[20] She officially opened the Progressive Party's Paya Lebar Branch Office on 19 October.

[24] After retiring from politics, Ede devoted her time to helping her adoptive father run the Mandai Orchid Gardens, which was built on 5 acres of land he had bought in 1951.

[26] She married John Ede, then director of the Cathay Organisation as well as the secretary of the Singapore Progressive Party, on 30 October 1953.

Ede was a close friend of conservationist and photogtapher Lady Yuen Peng McNeice.