| Country: | Victoria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 29 November 2008 |
| Previous Election: | 2005 Victorian local elections |
| Previous Year: | 2005 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Victorian local elections |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Leader1: | N/A |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Leader2: | N/A |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Leader3: | N/A |
| Party3: | Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) |
| Leader4: | No leader |
| Party4: | Greens |
| Leader5: | No leader |
| Color5: | D30200 |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Leader6: | Peter Kavanagh |
| Party6: | Democratic Labour |
| Colour6: | E4B24C |
| Last Election6: | 1 |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Leader7: | No leader |
| Party7: | Socialist |
| Color7: | DC143C |
| Last Election7: | 1 |
| Seats Before7: | 1 |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Swing9: | --> |
The 2008 Victorian local elections were held on 29 November 2008 to elect the councils of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.[1]
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.[2]
The elections saw the first election victories for The Greens in Casey, Darebin, Glen Eira, Manningham, Queenscliffe and Surf Coast.[3]
Labor Party-endorsed candidates ran in Maribyrnong, while former Liberal leader Robert Doyle was elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne on the Activate Melbourne ticket.[4] [5]
Three Greens councillors were elected mayor by a vote of other councillors following the elections: Amanda Stone (Yarra), Philip Schier (Mount Alexander) and Helen Harris (Whitehorse).[3]
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.[6]