turk's election to the manitoba legislature was somewhat unexpected. in the 1953 election, he ran as a candidate of the liberal-progressive party in winnipeg north, a constituency dominated by the socialist cooperative commonwealth federation and the communist labour progressive party. he finished seventh out of eleven candidates on the multi-member constituency's first count, behind two other liberal-progressive candidates. he did well on transfers, however, and defeated fellow liberal-progressive j.m. kozoriz for the final position. in the legislature, he served as a backbench supporter of douglas campbell's government.