2008 Victorian local elections

The 2008 Victorian local elections were held on 29 November 2008 to elect the councils of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.
As a result of changes to the Local Government Act 1989, local elections in Victoria were no longer conducted periodically, and all 79 LGAs voted at the same time.
The elections saw the first election victories for The Greens in Casey, Darebin, Glen Eira, Manningham, Queenscliffe and Surf Coast.
Labor Party|Labor Party]-endorsed candidates ran in Maribyrnong, while former Liberal Party|Liberal] leader Robert Doyle was elected List of mayors and [lord mayors of Melbourne|Lord Mayor of Melbourne] on the List of [local government political parties in Australia#Victoria|Activate Melbourne] ticket.

Aftermath

Three Greens councillors were elected mayor by a vote of other councillors following the elections: Amanda Stone, Philip Schier and Helen Harris.
In May 2010, three Labor councillors in Moreland − Stella Kariofyllidis, Kathleen Matthews-Ward and Alice Pryor − were suspended from the party after not voting for Labor's Enver Erdogan to become mayor. Kariofyllidis was suspended for three years, while the others were suspended for two years.