Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.

The new riding of Mountainview is probably the most diverse riding in the whole territory, according to Stephen Dunbar-Edge, the NDP candidate for the riding,

Mountainview consists of the subdivisions of McIntyre, Hillcrest, Granger and Valleyview.

Granger, says Dunbar-Edge, has more "higher end” houses, while Hillcrest and Valleyview house a lot of long-time residents. McIntyre is predominantly made up of Kwanlin Dun First Nation land.

Much of Mountainview is made up of the former riding of McIntyre-Takhini, a riding held by the Yukon Party's John Edzerza since 2002. Edzerza stepped down from his position in June to fight leukemia and is not running for re-election.

Premier Darrell Pasloski, Dunbar-Edge and Liberal candidate Dave Sloan are vying for the seat.

Pasloski, who was elected the leader of the Yukon Party at the end of May, has lived in Granger for the past 16 years. He and his wife, Tammie, have four grown children.

Pasloski graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and owned the two Shoppers Drug Marts in Whitehorse before becoming premier last June 11.

According to Pasloski, residents in his riding are happy with the direction the territory is moving, for the most part.

"Most people are saying to me they don't have any issues,” says Pasloski. "They're saying, ‘You know what? We've got a job and things are good.'”

One issue he has been hearing is the need for a new school in the riding. Pasloski says constituents are asking that if Kwanlin Dun is going to develop its property and provide more housing in the riding, are we going to have to build more classrooms?

"Quite honestly, if we have more growth up there, that's one of the things that the government has to look at,” he says.

But according to the Liberal and NDP candidates in Mountainview, the two things they're hearing on the doorstep have nothing to do with how content their would-be constituents are, as the premier has heard.

According to Sloan, who lived in the riding for 21 years and just moved to the Mt. Sima area this year, housing and the Peel watershed have emerged as the two main issues amongst Yukoners in Mountainview.

"I knew housing was an issue; I just hadn't realized the depth of it,” says Sloan.

He represented the NDP in Whitehorse West from 1996 to 2000, when the Liberals swept the New Democrats out of office.

Sloan told the media earlier this summer he found his home with the Yukon Liberal Party when he saw a surplus of negativity and lack of support for development with the territorial NDP.

Sloan and his wife, Mary, have two grown children: Amy, an actress who lives in Los Angeles, and Gareth, who is going to university in Montreal.

Sloan has worked for the Department of Education for 26 years.

The Liberal candidate says while campaigning, he has talked to people all over the riding who are struggling with high rents and young families unable to keep up with their mortgages.

"I think what they want to see is more areas opened up for lower-cost, entry-level housing,” says Sloan. "That's really what they see as being the major challenge.”

As for the Peel, and Pasloski's limited comments on the whole issue, Sloan says it's an issue not playing well for the new premier.

"People are wondering why he won't stake out a position,” says Sloan.

Dunbar-Edge, the executive director for the Whitehorse Food Bank, grew up in the Yukon, but moved to work in southern Canada as a young man.

In 1997, he moved back to the territory. He has been living with his partner, Rob, since then in Granger. The couple has two daughters aged 10 and almost 13.

Dunbar-Edge says people in his riding are concerned with how the government is managing the environment.

He thinks one solution is to put more support into the small business sector to diversify the economy. This, he says, would help the territory rely less on industry.

Dunbar-Edge says he's heard different issues from Yukoners in McIntyre. They are dealing with feelings of not being heard by the government and a lot of broken promises, he says.

As for what it's like to challenge the premier for a seat in the house, Dunbar-Edge seems unaffected.

"I have such a strong platform, I don't talk about Mr. Pasloski at all.”