Eugene Baines

Eugene Baines was the 1st Prime Minister of the Hutori Commonwealth. From 3239 to 3233 Baines served as the leader of the Forward Hutori Party.

Eugene Baines was titled Prime Minister following the abolishment of the Monarch of Hutori in the spring of 3230 when his party, the FHP, formed a cabinet coalition government with the Liberal Party. Baines would become the 1st Prime Minister in the newly minted Hutorian Commonwealth, the successor state to the Most Excellent and Serene Kingdom of Hutori. The new government excluded the Social Democratic Party and Socialist Party of Hutori which created tension in the early years of the Commonwealth among the parties. The Socialist Party later disbanded but only to reform as the Communist Party of Hutori, a militant group that would attempt to overthrow the Commonwealth and establish a communist state. The crisis caused by the militant CPH would be known as the Red Emergency.

Prime Minister Baines was a vocal advocate against the Communist Party during his tenure and performed to his best to operate a normal government during the trouble caused by the militants. The Red Emergency would eventually end before the decade closed but the Prime Minister would not see the conclusion. In April of 3233 Prime Minister Eugene Baines was involved in a car accident whilst travelling to the Isle of Sutton and died later of his injuries. Some believe the incident was no accident but an assassination by agents of the CPH.