Bhutila Karpoche

Bhutila Karpoche
Karpoche in 2022
Official Opposition Critic for
GTA Issues
In office
July 13, 2022  January 28, 2025
LeaderPeter Tabuns
Official Opposition Critic for
Early Childhood Development and Child Care
In office
February 2, 2021  January 28, 2025
LeaderPeter Tabuns
Andrea Horwath
Deputy Opposition Whip
In office
August 23, 2018  August 30, 2019
LeaderAndrea Horwath
Succeeded byDoly Begum
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Parkdale—High Park
In office
June 7, 2018  January 28, 2025
Preceded byCheri DiNovo
Succeeded byAlexa Gilmour
Personal details
Born1983 or 1984 (age 41–42)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Political partyNDP (federal)
Ontario NDP (provincial)
ResidenceToronto
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia (B.Sc.)
University of Toronto (M.P.H.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • epidemiologist
Websitewww.bhutilakarpoche.ca

Bhutila Tenzin Karpoche (/bˈtɪlə ˌkɑːrpəˈ/ boo-TILLKAR-pə-CHAY; Tibetan: བུ་ཁྲིད་ལ་དཀར་པོ་ཆེས།, born 1983 or 1984) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Parkdale—High Park from 2018 to 2025, as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). Born in Nepal, Karpoche is the first person of Tibetan descent ever elected to public office in North America.