Education
Turcott went to the University of Saskatchewan and graduated in 1956.
Turcott went to the University of Saskatchewan and graduated in 1956.
Turcott ran for a seat to the Alberta legislature in a by-election held on October 6, 1966 in the electoral district of Pincher Creek-Crowsnest. The by-election was hotly contested by all four candidates. Turcott ended up winning by just over 100 voters over Social Cr candidate J.H. Hanrahan.
During the by-election and continuing after he took his seat Turcott along with NDP Leader Neil Reimer leveled accusations of corruption against the Social Cr government, specifically that Edgar Hinman and Alfred Hooke used their offices for personal gain.
The 1967 Alberta general election would be called less than a year after Turcott was elected. He would run for a second term but was defeated finishing second to Social Cr candidate Charles Drain.
Turcott runs a legal practice in Pincher Creek, Alberta. He is also on the board of directors for the Pincher Creek Company-op Association.
He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1966 to 1967 sitting as the first member of the New Democratic Party to be elected in Alberta and the only member of its caucus at that time.