Bhutila Karpoche is the Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale—High Park.
In 2018, Bhutila made history by becoming the first person of Tibetan heritage to be elected to public office in North America. She was re-elected in 2022.
Bhutila is dedicated to issues within social justice and public health. She is a longtime advocate of affordable housing, workers’ rights, and public health care.
Bhutila holds degrees from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto and is a PhD candidate in public health policy at Toronto Metropolitan University.
She has been voted Toronto's Best MPP multiple times by Now Magazine readers, Toronto's Best Local Politician by Toronto Star readers; named one of Toronto's Most Inspirational Women of the year by TRNTO Magazine; one of Canada's Top 25 Immigrants by Canadian Immigrant Magazine, and was awarded as a Champion of Mental Health by the Canadian Alliance of Mental Illness and Mental Health in 2023.