Abstract: Most electoral studies research on Australian cities has focused on the characteristics of voters in a city. This research focus has been preferred to examining the geography of a political party’s electoral performance across a particular urban electoral landscape. Yet, urban electorates are often crucial to the electoral prospects of political parties at state or federal elections. This paper will examine the geography of the electoral performances and presence of four minor parties (Australian Democrats, Family First, Greens and One Nation) at state and federal elections held between 1997 and 2006, utilising the cities of Adelaide and Sydney as case studies. Examinations of election results point towards distinct geographies of minor party electoral performances. These geographical differences are highlighted through variations in voting patterns for the various political parties in a given urban electoral setting. Variations in electoral performances also point towards differences in voter attitudes, such as the prioritising of economic and quality-of-life issues in determining their political allegiances. Changes in the geographies of minor party electoral performances may be used to indicate how these parties could be barometers of broader electoral trends.