 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Somutungamiri wePSAC, Turmel akakurudzira nhengo dzemubatanidzwa kuvhota vavhoterwa neLiberal, NDP, neBloc Québécois avo vakanga vatsigirwa nemubatanidzwa nekuda kwezvavanoita zvinofambira mberi uye nekuonekwa sevanofanira kusarudzwa mudunhu ravo. Muna Zvita 2006, Turmel akatora nhengo muBloc Québécois kutsigira shamwari yake, Carole Lavallée, uyo aikwikwidza bato. Turmel anotaura kuti akanga ari nhengo yeBlock munharaunda yeshamwari yake uye kuti akaramba kutamisira nhengo yake kunharaunda yake pachake paakabvunzwa. Ikoku kwakaisa Turmel mukuputsa bumbiro reNDP iro rinorambidza kuva mutezo wemapato ezvematongerwe enyika anopfuura rimwe panguva imwe chete. Turmel akabvumira nhengo yake yeNDP kuti ipere muna 2009, chimwe chinhu chaanoti chaive chisina chinangwa uye chinopa kune kadhi rechikwereti rinopera zuva rekubudiswa; akazova nhengo yakabhadharwa zvakare muna Gumiguru 2010. Mukati menguva yake senhengo yeBlock, akapa mipiro mina kubato, inokwana 235. Muna Ndira 2011, Turmel akadzima nhengo yake muBloc Québécois uye akazoisa mapepa kuti amhanye semumiriri weNew Democrat. Turmel, zvisinei, haana kumbobvira ari muparadzanisi: anotaura kuti akavhota kwete musarudzo dzose dza1980uye referendamu dzouchangamire dza1995, uye haasati ambovhotera Bloc. Akarambawo chikumbiro kubva kune aimbova mutungamiri weBlock Gilles Duceppe kuti amhanye semumiriri weBlock nekuda kwekusawirirana kwake nebato panyaya ye Quebec. 