 He was forced to resign because he had accepted two government posts, but was reelected in an 1842 by-election; he was defeated in 1844.He was named solicitor general for Canada East in 1847 but was forced to resign in 1848 after two unsuccessful attempts to gain a seat in the assembly.In 1851, Turcotte was elected again in Saint-Maurice; in 1854, he was elected in Maskinongé as a Reformer.