Interim Progressive Conservative Leader Glen Savoie won't be a candidate in the party's leadership race next year, the politician announced Friday.

The Saint John East MLA and former cabinet minister with the Higgs government said it was in the best interest of the party that he remain in place and provide stability until then, however.

"If I were to step back, that creates another new dynamic in our caucus … [and] another new dynamic to the party," Savoie told reporters Friday.

"I think that I ne…